Stephan Schmidt
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Stephan Schmidt is a German-born classical guitarist now residing in Switzerland.
Biography
[edit]He studied in Trossingen, Paris and New York City.
His recording (in 2000) of Bach's lute works (original versions) played on a multi-string guitar has been called the "a new reference recording of Bach's luteworks on the guitar" by Fono Forum and has received multiple 5-star ratings (BBC Music Magazine, Classic CD), praises.. & awards (Diapason d’Or, etc.).[1]
In 1994 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of the L'Académie Charles Cros for his recording of Maurice Ohana's complete works for guitar (on the ten-string guitar).
Teaching
[edit]Schmidt taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Bern from 1998 to 2001. Since 2002 he has been director of the Hochschule für Musik Basel at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel.
References
[edit]- ^ "Collection of Reviews". stephanschmidt.ch.
External links
[edit]Biography
[edit]- http://www.stephanschmidt.ch
- Information at Hochschule für Musik in Basel (in German)
Recordings
[edit]- Domenico Scarlatti: Sonates pour Guitare; 1995 (Valois - Auvidis) ASIN B000003I0Z (audio)
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco: The Complete Chamber Music for Guitar; 1997 (Valois - Auvidis) ASIN B000006530
- Bach: Lute Works; 2000 (naïve-Auvidis) ASIN B00004TVFG [1] (audio)
- Maurice Ohana: L’Oeuvre pour Guitare; 1993, 2001 (Disques Montaignes - naïve) ASIN B00005LJKK
- Swiss Contemporary Guitar Duets - Guitar Duo Scheidegger / Schmidt [2] [3] review
details from Stephan Schmidt's homepage
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