Today, at 28, the young German Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is at the top. "She gives radiance to the music," wrote Geoffrey Norris in The Daily Telegraph, prefix = st1 /London. Mutter is also one of the world's youngest professors.

Born in Rheinfelden on June 29, 1963, Anne-Sophie grew up in Wehr, a small town just five kilometers from the Swiss border. Her father, Karl Wilhelm Mutter, and her mother, Gerlinde, considered music lessons part of a good education. Thus, their son, Andreas, began practicing the violin at eight, and his younger brother, Christoph, had piano lessons. It came as no surprise when Anne-Sophie said she wanted a violin for her fifth birthday.

Her parents thought she was too young for the violin, and persuaded her to start on the piano. But Anne-Sophie has always had a mind of her own. "I longed to play the violin," she says. "It seemed to me a much more interesting instrument." After six months, her parents gave in.

The famous violin teacher Erna Honigberger, who lived nearby, became Anne-Sophie's tutor. After only nine months of lessons, she entered the six-year-old in a nationwide competition for young musicians. With Christoph accompanying her on the piano, Anne-Sophie won first prize.

In 1974, Erna, Erna Honigberger died. Anne - Sophie's new teacher was Aida Stucki. She taught Anne-Sophie to develop her own ideas on how a piece should be played, not just to imitate others. This is one of the violinist's strongest most distinctive characteristics today.

Though the Mutters were short of money at time, they limited their daughter's performances to one or two a year. "We are glad we went the family road," says her father. "No outsider can ever have an effect on our daughter's career or push her into playing more concerts than she wants to." Later she was allowed to give six to eight concerts a year and make some recordings. Only when she turned 18 did she begin her professional career.

1. When was Anne-Sophie born?
2. Where?
3. When did she start playing violin?
4. Did she play well?
5. Wass she self taught or did she have a tutor?
6. Who tutored her?
7. Did she have anyone else tutor her?
8. Who?
9. What did she teach her?
10. When did Anne-Sophia turn pro?
11. Did she win any awards before that?
12. What kind?
13. How old was she when she won that?
14. Did she have siblings?
15. What were their names?
16. Were they also musicians?
17. What did they play?
18. Were her parents always supportive of her desire to play violin?
19. What were her parents names?
20. Did they allow her to perform regularly as a child?
21. Why?
1. June 29, 1963
2. Rheinfelden
3. Five
4. Yes
5. tutor
6. Erna Honigberger
7. Yes
8. Aida Stucki
9. to develop her own ideas on how a piece should be played
10. when she turned 18
11. Yes
12. nationwide competition for young musicians
13. Six
14. Yes
15. Andreas and Christoph
16. Yes
17. violin and piano
18. Yes
19. Karl and Gerlinde
20. No
21. They said no outsider could push her into playing more concerts than she wanted to.