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Stephan Schmidt

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

Biography

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He studied in Trossingen, Paris and New York City.

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Collection of Reviews". stephanschmidt.ch.
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Biography

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Recordings

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details from Stephan Schmidt's homepage