Conferment of the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa on Anne-Sophie Mutter
On 30 March 2022 at 12, in The Bronisław Rutkowski “Florianka” Hall, 15 Sereno Fenn’a Street, Kraków, during a ceremonial session of the Senate of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, the eminent violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will receive the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków.
PROGRAMME
Ceremonial Entrance of the Senate and Governing Bodies of AMKP
National Anthem
Opening of the Ceremony — HM Rector
Laudation — prof. dr hab. Wojciech Widłak
Reading out of the Diploma — dr hab. Mariusz Sielski, prof. AMKP, Dean of the Instrumental Faculty
Awarding of the Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa
Address of Doctor Honoris Causa — Maestra Anne-Sophie Mutter
Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from second movement of Orchestra Suite No. 3 BWV 1068
Anne-Sophie Mutter – violin
Agata Szymczewska – violin
Volodymyr Mykytka – viola
Adam Krzeszowiec – cello
Gaude Mater Polonia
Admission only for members of the AMKP community and for the invited guests.
Anne-Sophie Mutter is a musical phenomenon: for 46 years the virtuoso has now been a fixture in all the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the classical music scene as a soloist, mentor and visionary.
The four-time Grammy Award winner is equally committed to the performance of traditional composers as to the future of music: so far she has given world premieres of 30 works – Unsuk Chin, Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutoslawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann and John Williams have all composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter. She dedicates herself to supporting tomorrow’s musical elite and numerous benefit projects. Furthermore, the board of trustees of the German cancer charity Deutsche Krebshilfe elected her the new president of the non-profit organization in 2021. Starting in January 2022, she joins the foundation board of the Lucerne Festival. In the autumn of 1997 she founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation e.V., to which the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation was added in 2008. These two charitable institutions provide support for the scholarship recipients, support which is tailored to the fellows’ individual needs. Since 2011, Anne-Sophie Mutter has regularly shared the spotlight on stage with her ensemble of fellows, Mutter’s Virtuosi.