“German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus,” writes Maddy Shaw Roberts on Thursday (3/26) at Classic FM (U.KI.). “The virtuoso, 56, revealed the news in a Facebook video captioned ‘COVID-19,’ adding that she is currently at home under quarantine…. ‘I’m staying in quarantine at home and I’m expecting to fully recover,’ she says in the video. ‘Yes, in some tragic cases it’s a really difficult situation, but in my case, I’m 56 and I’m not smoking. So, the smokers out there, my fans, you should really consider stopping now…. I hope to keep you involved in music. Stay happy, enjoy music, and I so hope to be able to play for you soon live. It’s a difficult situation for an artist, not to be able to communicate with you, the listener. But better times will come.’ The great violinist will appear tonight [Thursday, March 26] at 7:30pm in a pre-recorded Beethoven quartet concert, with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.” The streamed event is a substitute for a concert that had been scheduled at London’s Southbank Centre on March 26. The recording was made with Mutter and LPO musicians Pieter Schoeman, Richard Waters, and Kristina Blaumane recording their parts separately in their homes.
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