Axel Schmidt (oboist)
Axel Schmidt is a German cor anglais player and oboist.Life
Born in Zwickau, Schmidt learned to play the oboe from Alfred Gleißberg, the solo oboist of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Peter Fischer at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Von 1962 bis 1964 wirkte er beim. 1964 wurde er dann Solo-Englischhornist beim MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra unter Herbert Kegel. Er war Interpret early music im Pro Arte Antiqua Lipsienis, Telemann-Ensemble and the Capella Fidicinia under the musicologist Hans Grüß. In 1970 he became a member of the Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler and the Leipziger Consort, who devoted themselves to New Music. In 1992 he founded the Trio PianOvo.
He teaches English horn and since 1976 oboe; in 1993 he became professor at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. There he acted as dean and Prorector. His students include Michael Goldammer, Walter Klingner, Sebastian Röthig and Gunter Sieberth. He is also a guest lecturer in the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland and Great Britain.Discography
- 1986: Luca Lombardi: Einklang für Oboe und sieben Instrumente
- 1996: Neue Musik für Oboe
- 2002: Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000
Literature
- Burkhard Glaetzner, Reiner Kontressowitz : Gruppe Neue Musik „Hanns Eisler“ 1970–1990. Spiel-Horizonte. Leipzig 1990,.
- Annelie Schneider: Vereint Tradition und Moderne. Axel Schmidt, Oboe. Resonanz. I/2002,.
