Virtuoso Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter to Play Kansas City Debut for Harriman-Jewell Series
WHO: Anne-Sophie Mutter,
violinist in recital
Lambert Orkis, pianist
PRESENTED BY: HARRIMAN-JEWELL SERIES
WHEN: Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m.
WHERE: FOLLY THEATER, downtown Kansas City, Mo. (12th and Central Sts.)
TICKETS: $25 or $55 | call 816-415-5025 or visit www.harriman-jewell.org
PROGRAM: Brahms Sonatas No. 2 in A Major, No. 1 in G Major, and No. 3 in D Minor
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EDUCATIONAL EVENT: Lambert
Orkis will lead a free piano master class
for preselected students at 10 a.m. Friday, April
11, Forbis Recital Hall on the William Jewell College
campus in Liberty, Mo. Visit harriman-jewell.org
or contact Heather
Forbis at 816-415-5025. The public is invited
to observe the class at no charge; reservations are
not necessary.
Called the "undisputed queen of violin-playing,"
German-born Anne-Sophie Mutter plays her Kansas City
recital debut on Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m., in the
downtown Folly Theater (12th and Central Sts). This
Harriman-Jewell Series presentation will feature the
three violin sonatas by Johannes Brahms. Lambert Orkis,
Mutter's longtime collaborator and pianist, plays
for the recital.
For three decades, Anne-Sophie Mutter
has been one of the greatest violin virtuosos of our
time. Born in Rheinfelden in the state of Baden, the
violinist launched her international career at the
Lucerne Festival in 1976. A year later she performed
as a soloist at the Salzburg Whitsun Concerts under
the direction of Herbert von Karajan. Since then Anne-Sophie
Mutter has performed concerts in all the major music
centers of Europe, the United States, and Asia.
At the Lucerne Festival in August 2007, Mutter gave
the world premiere performance of a violin concerto
by Sofia Gubaidulina performed together with the Berlin
Philharmonic under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle.
She will record the concerto in 2008 with the London
Symphony led by Valery Gergiev.
Mutter’s current concert repertoire includes nine concertos plus Romances by Beethoven and Nocturnes by Dutilleux and all of the Mozart Concerti. In the 2007-2008 season, she appears with the Dresden, Toronto, and Philadelphia Orchestras, the London Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, and Leipzig Gewandhaus, under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, André Previn, Seiji Ozawa, and Kurt Masur.
Anne-Sophie Mutter’s tour calendar lists stops throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. In March, she performed the Beethoven Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Seiji Ozawa in the Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert in Salzburg. Mutter is currently on a North American recital tour, playing the three Brahms violin sonatas. Anne-Sophie Mutter will tour Asia in May and June, leading and playing solos in Vivaldi's Four Seasons and J.S. Bach's E major violin concerto.
Her upcoming CD release will be the Bach Concerti with the Trondheim Soloists on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Mutter will also record Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Leipzig Gewandhaus and Kurt Masur, Mendelssohn's F Major Violin Sonata with Lambert Orkis, and Mendelssohn's Piano Trio with Sir André Previn and Lynn Harrell—all for the bicentennial birthday of the composer.
The honors awarded to Mutter for her many recordings include the German Record Prize, the Record Academy Prize, the Grand Prix du Disque, the International Record Prize, “Le Monde de la Musique,” “Record Geijutsu,” and several Grammy awards.
Tickets to Anne-Sophie Mutter's Kansas City recital debut are $25 or $55; please call the Harriman-Jewell Series at 816-415-5025 (or toll free at 888-528-5521). Tickets and event information are also available at www.harriman-jewell.org. This event is sponsored by The Curry Family Foundation.
Now in its 43rd season, the nationally recognized Harriman-Jewell Series brings acclaimed performers from the worlds of music, dance, and theatre to Kansas City’s downtown venues. In addition to the performances, educational events offer free master classes and lectures to allow area community members and students to view artists in an informal setting.
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