Rainer Schmidt (violinist)

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Rainer Schmidt (born 1964) is a German classical violinist.

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Life and career

Rainer Schmidt studied at the University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover, where he graduated with a soloist diploma. He also studied at the College Conservatory of the University of Cincinnati with Walter Levin from the LaSalle Quartet. [1] Since 1987, he has been a member of the Hagen Quartet, where he plays the second violin. [1] In 1989, he founded the Ravinia Trio. [2] [3]

Since 1988, Schmidt has been teaching at the Mozarteum Salzburg [4] and between 2002 and 2007 at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. Since October 2007, he has held the professorship for violin and chamber music at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Musik ist nicht Spitzensport". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Porträt von Rainer Schmidt Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine at the Mozarteum Salzburg
  3. ↑ Rainer Schmidt on proquartet.fr
  4. ↑ "Rainer Schmidt". Universität Mozarteum (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Prof. Rainer Schmidt on the website of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz  [ de ], retrieved 16 October 2020.
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