Michael Schneider (recorder player)

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Michael Schneider (born August 10, 1953 in Nordhorn ) is a German recorder player and conductor .

Life

Michael Schneider studied flute , recorder and violoncello at the Cologne University of Music and also took recorder lessons with Walter van Hauwe in Amsterdam. In 1978 he won the ARD International Music Competition in the field of recorder and has since performed as a soloist with numerous well-known orchestras. In 1979 he founded the Camerata Köln chamber ensemble , with which he made over 50 records with works by Antonio Vivaldi , Georg Philipp Telemann , Georg Friedrich Händel , Giuseppe Sammartini , Giovanni Battista Sammartini , Joseph Haydn a . a. grossed.

In 1980 Schneider became professor for recorder at the Berlin University of the Arts . In 1983 he followed a call to the Frankfurt University of Music , where he became head of the early music department and set up a new course in " Historical Interpretation Practice ". In 1988 he founded the ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt , playing on historical instruments , with which he has since become a soloist and conductor. a. in the Konzerthaus Vienna , in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam , in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels , in the Scala in Milan , in the Palau Barcelona , in the Alte Oper Frankfurt , the Philharmonie Cologne , in the Konzerthaus Berlin , at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen and Halle , has appeared at the Leipzig Bach Festival , the Schwetzingen and Ludwigsburg Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and has recorded over 30 CDs from the fields of opera , oratorio and symphonic music .

As a guest conductor, Michael Schneider u. a. with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra , the Cappella Coloniensis , the Nederlandse Bachvereniging , the Israel Chamber Orchestra , the Israel Camerata, the Handel Festival Orchestra Halle, the Northwest German Philharmonic , the Magdeburg Philharmonic and the Chamber Philharmonic of the MDR.

Under his artistic motto “Making the unheard audible”, he advocates the discovery and re-performance of forgotten masterpieces from the Baroque, Early Classics and Viennese Classics. B. for the rehabilitation of the symphonic composer Franz Ignaz Beck .

Michael Schneider gives master classes at home and abroad, u. a. at the "Jerusalem Early Music Workshop", at the Paris Conservatory, at the Stockholm University of Music and the Summer Academy for Early Music Innsbruck.

Awards

In 2000, Michael Schneider was awarded the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize of the state capital Magdeburg .

literature

  • Matthias Hengelbrock: “Michael Schneider. Making the unheard audible ”. In: Fono Forum 6/1996, pp. 42-45.
  • “25 years of Camerata Cologne. [...] Karsten Erik Ose in conversation with Michael Schneider and Karl Kaiser ”. In: Tibia 29 (2004), No. 4, pp. 256-263.
  • J. Jansen: “With pleasure in work. In conversation: Michael Schneider “. In: Concerto 199 (2004/05), pp. 29-31.

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German recorder player and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordhorn