Axel Schmidt (musician)
Axel Schmidt (born August 19, 1940 in Zwickau ) is a German English horn player and oboist .
Life
Schmidt learned to play the oboe with Alfred Gleißberg , the principal oboist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and with Peter Fischer at the Leipzig University of Music .
From 1962 to 1964 he worked with the Schwerin Symphony Orchestra . In 1964 he became principal cor anglais with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under Herbert Kegel . He was an interpreter of early music in the Pro Arte Antiqua Lipsienis , the Telemann Ensemble and the Capella Fidicinia under the musicologist Hans Grüß . In 1970 he became a member of the Neue Musik Hanns Eisler group and the Leipzig Consort , which were dedicated to new music . In 1992 he founded the trio PianOvo .
He has been teaching cor anglais and oboe since 1976; In 1993 he became a professor at the Liszt School of Music Weimar . Here he acted as dean and prorector . Michael Goldammer , Walter Klingner , Sebastian Röthig and Gunter Sieberth are among his students . He is also a visiting professor in the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and the UK.
Axel Schmidt lives in the Mölkau district of Leipzig .
Discography
- 1986: Luca Lombardi : unison for oboe and seven instruments ( German records )
- 1996: New music for oboe (Edel Classics)
- 2002: Music in Germany 1950–2000 ( Red Seal )
literature
- Burkhard Glaetzner , Reiner Kontressowitz (eds.): New Music Group “Hanns Eisler” 1970–1990. Game horizons. Leipzig 1990, p. 50.
- Annelie Schneider: Combines tradition and modernity. Axel Schmidt, oboe. In: Resonance. I / 2002, p. 12 f.
Web links
- Works by and about Axel Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German English horn player and oboist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |