Stephan Schmidt is a German-born classical guitarist now residing in Switzerland.

Biography

He studied in Trossingen, Paris and New York.

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

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

External links

Biography

• http://www.stephanschmidt.ch
• Information at Hochschule für Musik in Basel (German)

Recordings

• 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