With or without her bow and arrow, Anne-Sophie Mutter is no diva, despite being hailed as the “undisputed queen of violin playing” and a “superstar.” The four-time Grammy Award-winner and dedicated ...

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In the hills of western Massachusetts, the mid-summer breeze carries the scent of honeysuckle and the sound of genius. This is Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and of its ...

The latest recording from Pygmalion, Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and works written for Anne-Sophie Mutter are among our selections. Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, the Boston Symphony ...

The contemporary violin recital starts here. That’s about the size of it whenever Anne-Sophie Mutter deigns to tour with Lambert Orkis, her longtime musical collaborator. Mutter has been a role model ...

One of the world’s most celebrated violinists, Anne-Sophie Mutter has been playing for almost half a century and is celebrating her 60th birthday with a concert tour. "Classical music makes you happy, ...

German superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter plays fast, thinks fast and talks fast. Two of those traits will come in handy when Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis get in synch during the brisk opening ...

How fitting that violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis devoted their Wednesday night program in Orchestra Hall to sonatas by Beethoven. For the composer will be front and center ...

Classical Sessions, a new feature, presents some of today's most exciting musicians in conversation as they perform in the studio with public radio hosts from around the country. There's nothing quite ...

The German violinist has spoken passionately against the use of smartphones in the concert hall, saying ‘we need to keep these live moments sacrosanct’. Last month, Anne-Sophie Mutter was in the ...

My God, I grew up with Ella Fitzgerald. For me, she is the queen of phrasing, the queen of emotion and the queen of simplicity in music. By the way, most of the recordings I listen to in my spare time ...