Last night, Kathleen and I went to Montreal and saw the MSO with Anne-Sophie Mutter. Two days before that, Ms. Mutter played the same violin concerto, (Mendehlsonn's), in New York with the New York Phil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0sDAdyMtnk shows Ms. Mutter playing the same piece and wearing the SAME GOWN!!!! Ms. Mutter is known for her gowns. She is also known for her skill and she has a lot of that.
One thing that Kathleen and Ms. Mutter have in common is that they both were born in 1963 and they both married older men. In Ms. Mutter's case, she married Andre Previn, a great conductor-pianist. He is slightly older than me, just celebrating his 80th birthday this month.
Ms. Mutter Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano when she was five years old and shortly after that began playing the violin. She had 2 children with her first husband, who died of cancer. In 2002 she married Mr. Previn, and they divorced two years ago.
When she was 13 years old, Ms. Mutter had her professional premier with one of the scariest yet greatest conductor, Herbert von Karijan. What were you doing when you were 13? Kathleen was in the eighth grade, and so were you when you were 13. This is what Anne-Sophie did:
my sister just got a violin.
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