Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
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Principal Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt was born in Freiburg (Germany) in 1971.
During his studies with Aldo Parisot at the Juilliard School in New York and with David Geringas at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, he won First Prizes at the German National Music Competition in Bonn, at the 1st International Adam Cello Competition in New Zealand, and at the International Music Competitions in Bayreuth and Markneukirchen, Germany. He was awarded the “Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” at the International Rostropovitch Competition in Paris where the international jury was headed by Mstislav Rostropovitch (also the prize for contemporary music ). He is also a prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the International Leonard Rose Cello Competition in the USA.
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt has performed in Europe, Russia, Asia and the USA as soloist with such prestigious orchestras as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris, the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Houston and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras as well as the Prague Philharmonia under the batons of Charles Dutoit, Marek Janowski, Yutaka Sado, Gerd Albrecht, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jiri Belohlavek, Vassili Sinaiski, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Andrey Boreyko, Hugh Wolff, Michael Sanderling, Gabriel Feltz, Fabrice Bollon and Markus Poschner.
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt has also performed in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Philharmonie am Gasteig and the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Theatre du Champs Elysee, the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, the Wigmore Hall London, the Carnegie Hall and the Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Rudolfinum Prague as well as in the Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
He devotes himself to chamber music and has already performed together with such renowned artists as Lang Lang, Christoph Eschenbach, Emanuel Ax, Gil Shaham, Nicolaj Znaider, Leonidas Kavakos, Kyoko Takezawa, Miriam Fried, Edgar Meyer and David Shifrin. From 2000-2002 he was a member of the Chamber Music Society Two of Lincoln Center in New York and together with Jens Peter Maintz he forms the cello duo “Cello Duello”.
His first CD for Sony Classical French Impressions was released in autumn 2001. The second in 2004 – all cello concertos by Sergei Prokofiev followed by the cello concertos by Schumann and Elgar in April 09 (Sony Classical). For Capriccio he recorded Bloch’s “Voice in the Wilderness” with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. In 2013 he won the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” and the Diapason d’Or for his recording of Carl Maria von Weber’s piano quartet (together with Isabelle Faust, Boris Faust and Alexander Melnikov).
For the past few years Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt has increasingly focused his activities on conducting, a devotion towards what was already part of his studies at the Juilliard School in New York. He has received invitations to the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, the Göttinger Symphonieorchester and the Hofer Symphoniker, the Kammerorchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, the Staatskapelle St. Petersburg, the INSO Lviv, the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Württembergische Philharmonie and the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester. Guest conductorships have taken him to Switzerland, Poland and Spain.
As principal conductor of the chamber orchestra Metamorphosen Berlin which he also founded, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt has led the ensemble in numerous concerts in German, Spain and Switzerland as well as in concerts at the Elbphilharmonie and the Konzerthaus Berlin, where the orchestra has also found its artistic home with its own concert series. In addition to his performances as a conductor, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt also regularly appears in a dual capacity as soloist and conductor simultaneously.
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt plays on a cello made by Matteo Goffriller which previously belonged to Hugo Becker. He teaches as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt” Weimar, the Berlin University of the Arts and, since 2017, at Kronberg Academy.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Subject to change.
ZEITSPRUNG
Participants
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
- Avi Avital mandolin
- Kremerata Baltica
- Christian Jost director
Programme
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704)
Battalia
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (arrangement for mandolin and strings)
Christian Jost (b. 1963)
“Seasons” for cello and string orchestra (world premiere)
Concert introduction at 5:15 p.m. with Christian Jost, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, and Prof. Friedemann Eichhorn.
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Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
DAVID GERINGAS ZUM 80STEN
Participants
- Dr. Jan Brachmann Reading
- David Geringas cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
- Tatjana Geringas piano
Programme
David Geringas (*1946)
Excerpts from “Sag das niemandem: Lebenserinnerungen eines Cellisten”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Widmung No. 1, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Minnelied No. 5, Op. 71
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Pièces en concert arranged for three violoncellos by David Geringas
Kronberg Academy honours the great cellist and pedagogue on his milestone birthday with a special event featuring music and recitation.
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100 JAHRE ROSTROPOVICHROSTROPOVICH - VERABREDUNG MIT SLAVA
Participants
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Shchedryk Choir
Programme
Commemoration of Mstislav Rostropovich on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
“Kronberg is the world capital of the cello,” Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007) once said. He supported the Kronberg Academy from the very beginning. After his death, we maintained an annual “Appointment with Slava” for ten years at the Rostropovich bust in the centre of Kronberg.
Now we will meet him there once again to celebrate his 100th birthday.
The programme will be announced at a later date.
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