Arne Schmitt

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Arne Schmitt, in Breslau (2009)

Arne Schmitt (born March 21, 1972 in Hagen ) is a German pianist who appears as a street musician . Schmitt has a secondary school diploma and is self-taught . He plays without notes and improvises on the basis of well-known pop songs . He had his first public appearances in childhood and adolescence between 1984 and 1997 as an accordion player and trumpeter . Since 1997 he has been traveling with a piano through Europe - initially part-time - and has already played in more than 300 cities. At the age of 29 he gave up his job in a car repair shop and from then on played full-time on the streets.

Over the years the artist changed his musical instrument and also the mode of transport. First he played a piano , later he switched to a baby grand piano and then to a 385 kilogram, medium-sized grand piano (brand August Förster ). The musical instrument, which was prepared for performances even in sub-zero temperatures, originally stood on a pedestal that could be rolled by hand. The artist now drives his grand piano on a flat trailer (which then serves as a pedestal) with a quad into the city centers. For longer distances the team is loaded into a transport vehicle.

A performance ban in Frankfurt am Main led to a public legal dispute before the Hessian Administrative Court in Kassel . Similar bans have also been raised in the press in other cities.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Clara Brachvogel, With jacket and gloves at the piano on December 20, 2008 in the Neue Westfälische
  2. ^ Newspaper article from November 7, 1984, Castrop-Rauxel (accessed November 13, 2014)
  3. ↑ Government madness: no playing for pianists - it's too good! ( Memento of November 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of September 16, 2014 on the Hit Radio FFH website (accessed on November 13, 2014)
  4. ↑ Article and film about an appearance in Wroclaw : Zaparkował fortepianem na rynku: "Chcę muzyką zaczarować Wrocław " from July 2, 2013 on TVN24 ; Paulina Szymczewska on a performance in Krakow : Nietuzinkowy wirtuoz fortepianu na Rynku on September 11, 2013 at Dziennik Polska (both texts in Polish, accessed on November 13, 2014)
  5. ↑ a b Arne Schmitt: Street pianist for 13 years from March 14, 2013 on the website of the Hamburger Abendblatt (fee-based, accessed on November 13, 2014)
  6. ↑ Sandra Kathe, ban on playing Marcel Kuipers: The wing trimmed ( memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as well as a demo with piano accompaniment ( memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from September 16, 2014 in the Frankfurter Neue Presse website (accessed on November 13, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  7. ↑ Madeleine Arndt, Exodus der Künstler: Hardly any musician plays on Dresden's streets from August 1, 2014 on the website of the Leipziger Volkszeitung ( oaz.de ) (accessed on November 13, 2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen