Interrogation inspector Clemens Nicol grills Anne-Sophie Mutter. The star violinist has repeatedly drawn attention through dishonest buiseness practices in the concert world. She has repeatedly been caught bribing famous composers, for example John Williams. Cake in exchange for a composition! Thereby the amount of sugar surpassed by far the allowed quanitity, considerably endangering the health of Mr. Williams. In the course of the interrogation Mutter confesses furthermore: "I married a composer just so he would write for me". This adds the offense of marriage fraud to the list. It does not look good for Mrs. Mutter…

Accusations against Anne-Sophie Mutter:
• Use of prohibited substances
• Bribery of composers
• Illegal dachshund security

Furthermore she is accused of disregarding species-appropriate animal keeping. She allegedly trained her dachshunds to attack artistic directors and concert organisers. Dachshund Bonnie even went for the leg of the legendary pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. Additionally Mutters poor dog is misused as taster for contemporary music: "If the dog leaves – then I know: I better shouldn’t play this piece". Is this work suitable for the sensitive ears of a dog?
Inspector Clemens Nicol has his doubts. He is also not sure what to make of the backstage requests of the violin diva: "Muttersaft", "Müsli" and Vodka: Is there heavy drinking involved before going onstage? Anne-Sophie Mutter explains: Vodka is great for cleaning the strings – as she tries to talk her way out of it. But it’s not so easy to pull the wool over our comissioner’s eyes.

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Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the most renowned violinists of our time. Born in Rheinfeld, Baden-Wuerttemberg, her extraordinary talent was evident at an early age. In 1976 the legendary conducter Herbert von Karajan heard 13-year old Anne-Sophie in a concert and invited her to give her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Their artistic friendship would last a long time: Mutter collaborated on a regular basis with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and together they created a series of recordings that set new standards and helped the young violinist reach international acclaim.
In order to encourage talented young string players in Europe, Anne-Sophie Mutter founded the Rudolf-Eberle-Foundation in 1987. In 1997 this foundation was integrated into the world-wide organisation „Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation“. The comittment of Mutter to the advancement of young musicians has boosted the careers of many famous musicians.
Anne-Sophie Mutter’s enthusiasm for contemporary music has enriched the violin repertoire: She commissions new works and composers such as Lutoslawski and Penderecki have dedicated new compositions to her. André Previn also composed a violin concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter which she premiered in Boston in 2002. Shortly afterwards she married Previn, who was 35 years her senior.
Anne-Sophie Mutter uses her public image to support charitable goals – with special emphasis on the alleviation of medical und social problems. Her benefit concerts have supported the survivors of the Tsunami and the nuclear meltdown in Japan in 2011, Artists against Aids in the U.S.A., SOS Children’s Villages in Syria and the Refugee Council Leipzig.In the course of her career Mutter has received numerous awards: Three Grammys, the Ernst von Siemens Music Award 2008, the German Federal Cross of Merit First Class, the Herbert von Karajan Music Award and the Bavarian Cross of Merit. In 2019 she received the Japanese Praemium Imperiale for Music, known as the "Nobel Prize of the Arts".

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