Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is a musical phenomenon. For 47 years, the virtuoso has been a fixture in the world’s major concert halls, making her mark as a soloist, mentor, collaborator, humanitarian, and visionary artist. A prolific recording artist with four Grammy Awards, she is equally committed to the performance of the traditional violin catalog and to the expansion of the repertoire. To date, she has given world premieres of 31 works written for her by such distinguished composers as Thomas Adès, Unsuk Chin, Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann, and John Williams.

In 2023—the year she turns 60—Ms. Mutter presents concerts that reflect both her versatility and her peerless rank in the world of classical music. Numerous compositions dedicated to her fill her calendar; in many countries, these works will be programmed for the first time. At the beginning of the year, Ms. Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi tour Iceland, the US, and Canada. Two further tours this summer take them through Europe.

In the US, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons, Ms. Mutter performs Thomas Adès’s Air, a work she co-commissioned and premiered at the Lucerne Festival in 2022 with the composer conducting. A European chamber music tour in May and June will feature her with pianist Lambert Orkis and cellist Maximilian Hornung in performances of works by Brahms, Clara Schumann, Beethoven, and Sebastian Currier.

Another musical focus in 2023 is the work of John Williams. Ms. Mutter will perform his Violin Concerto No. 2 (dedicated to her) and a selection of virtuoso adaptations of film scores (created for her) in Australia, Europe, and the US, with the American performances being conducted by the composer.

Ms. Mutter concludes her 60th birthday year performing Penderecki’s Violin Concerto No. 2, “Metamorphosen,” (dedicated to her) in honor of the 90th birthday of the composer, who passed away in 2020. She will play the work in Poland and Israel with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrey Boreyko.

Ms. Mutter has been awarded the German Grand Order of Merit, the French Medal of the Legion of Honour, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, and an honorary doctorate from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. She has been recognized around the world for her contribution to the arts, culture, social causes, and leadership.

Lauded as one of today’s probing musical voices, Nancy Zhou seeks to inspire appreciation for the art and science of the violin. Her thoughtful musicianship resonates with a global audience in her performances with leading orchestras around the world.

Ms. Zhou has collaborated with the Royal Stockholm, Würzburg, and Hong Kong philharmonic orchestras; Finnish Radio, Shanghai, and China National symphony orchestras; and San Diego and Kansas City symphonies. In addition to projects as a soloist, she harbors keen interest in chamber music and music education. She has performed for the Tanglewood, Verbier, and Ravinia festivals; devotes time to an online studio; and presents master classes that combine fundamental training and mindful awareness.

In recent seasons, Ms. Zhou has explored works outside the traditional oeuvre. In collaboration with the New Jersey Symphony and conductor Xian Zhang, she presented Zhao Jiping’s First Violin Concerto at Alice Tully Hall; next season, she will perform Qigang Chen’s La joie de la souffrance with the Rogue Valley Symphony in Oregon.

Born in America, Ms. Zhou began violin studies with her father, later studying with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory while simultaneously pursuing her interest in literature at Harvard University. She is a former scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and an associated artist at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium.

Established in 2008 by renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation supports a select number of young, highly talented string players who receive scholarships to study their craft at the highest level. Their time as scholarship students includes mentorship and training with Ms. Mutter herself, as well as coaching, financial support, and performance opportunities on world stages. Some of today’s most prominent artists—including violinists Sergey Khachatryan, Daniel Müller-Schott, and Arabella Steinbacher, and bassist Roman Patkoló—received scholarships and support from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.

Students are selected personally by Ms. Mutter, who meets each recipient’s unique needs with individual support, such as choosing a teacher, sourcing instruments, arranging auditions with conductors, and establishing meetings with soloists and participating in their master classes. Ms. Mutter firmly believes that “instead of setting fixed and inflexible rules, I am more concerned with giving every student what he or she needs.” This ethos has served her program well, and her support has proven invaluable to the recipients of the scholarships, who now total 24, with nine current students from the US, Europe, and Asia.

In 2011, Ms. Mutter founded the Mutter Virtuosi, an ensemble of the foundation’s former and current scholarship students, with which she performs regular concerts to introduce them to the life of a professional musician and a broad audience. The foundation regularly commissions new music for the ensemble, and to date, Ms. Mutter and the Virtuosi have given world premieres of commissioned works by André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Sebastian Currier, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Unsuk Chin.

Along with creating the Mutter Virtuosi in 2011, the foundation established the Aida Stucki Award, which honors outstanding young professional string soloists who follow legendary Swiss violinist Aida Stucki’s strong European tradition of performance and education. Ms. Mutter, who was her student, chose to honor her because “Aida Stucki is my guiding star in every respect—an incomparable violinist, a noble human being, and a fantastic woman.” The 10,000-Euro prize is given at the discretion of the foundation and has been awarded to Mr. Patkoló and Mr. Müller-Schott.

Ms. Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi toured together for the first time in 2011 to 11 European cities, followed in 2013 by a seven-city tour in Asia, and a North American tour in 2014 that included the ensemble’s debut at Carnegie Hall. They have since toured the world regularly, including appearances in South America.