Charles Mutter
Charles Mutter was born in Sussex, England. After winning numerous prizes as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, Charles read Music and English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge. He made his London debut playing Giacinto Scelsi’s Anahit at St John’s, Smith Square while still a student.
As a member of the Smith Quartet for ten years, Charles toured the world and made numerous broadcasts and recordings; the quartet’s contribution to the 2005 BBC film, “Holocaust: a Musical Memorial Film from Auschwitz” won an Emmy Award. Charles then led the Edinburgh Quartet, Scotland’s only full-time string quartet, for four years before moving back to London in 2007 to take up the position of Associate Leader (co-concertmaster) of the BBC Concert Orchestra, which he still holds.
As soloist with the BBCCO, Charles has performed works by composers from Bach to Muhly, notably including Guy Barker’s violin concerto which was written for him and premiered in Bucharest in 2016. He is also in great demand as a guest concertmaster (Philharmonia, CBSO, Bournemouth SO, Ulster Orchestra), session musician, West End concertmaster and chamber musician.
Charles also loves playing the piano and the viola, and is an avid arranger and orchestrator - his work in this field has been broadcast on all the main BBC radio channels.