Music was his first love, and at his parents’ house in Wehr he particularly enjoyed playing the piano. At the age of eight, together with his sister, the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, he won a national prize in the “Young Musicians” competition. Further success followed, including first prize in the Jecklin Competition for young pianists in Zürich. Christoph Mutter trained as a concert pianist at the Winthertur Conservatoire in Switzerland and received private lessons from Enrique Barenboim in Tel Aviv.