Axel Schmidt (born 19 August 1940) is a German

cor anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

player and oboist.

Life

Born in

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...

, Schmidt learned to play the

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from

Alfred Gleißberg Friedrich Julius Alfred Gleißberg (26 November 1864 – 21 August 1963) was a German classical oboist. Life Born in Rockstedt, Gleißberg first attended the conservatory in Sondershausen and served as a military musician in the 107 Infantry R ...

, the solo oboist of the

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

and Peter Fischer at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 1962 to 1964, Schmidt worked with the . In 1964, he became solo English horn player with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under the conduct of

Herbert Kegel Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor. Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began co ...

. He was interpreter of

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

in the ''Pro Arte Antiqua Lipsienis'', the ''Telemann-Ensemble'' and the ''Capella Fidicinia'' under the direction of the musicologist

Hans Grüß Hans Ludwig Kurt Reinhold Grüß (4 March 1929 – 24 November 2001) was a German musicologist and ensemble leader. Life Childhood and studies He spent his childhood and adolescence in Freiberg since his father taught as professor of mathem ...

. In 1970, he became a member of the Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler and the

Leipziger Consort The Leipziger Consort was a well-known chamber music ensemble from the DDR History The Ensemble was founded in 1982. Members were on the one hand Axel Schmidt (oboe), Matthias Sannemüller (viola) and Dieter Zahn (double-bass). They were solo ...

, who devoted themselves to

Neue Musik Neue Musik (English ''new music'', French ''nouvelle musique'') is the collective term for a wealth of different currents in composed Western art music from around 1910 to the present. Its focus is on compositions of 20th century music. It is char ...

. In 1992, he founded the ''Trio PianOvo''. He teaches English horn and since 1976 oboe; in 1993 he became

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at the

Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of ...

. There he acted as dean and Prorector. His students include Michael Goldammer, Walter Klingner, Sebastian Röthig and

Gunter Sieberth Gunter Sieberth (born in 1965) is a German oboist. Life Sieberth comes from Meiningen in Thuringia. From 1978 to 1983 he attended the in Weimar. Afterwards he studied at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar with Axel Schmidt, solo En ...

. 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'' (

VEB Deutsche Schallplatten The VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was the monopolistic music publisher in the German Democratic Republic from the 1950s until the 1980s. On August 12, 1946, the German singer and actor Ernst Busch got permission by Soviet military administration ...

) * 1996: ''Neue Musik für Oboe'' (Edel Classics) * 2002: ''Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000'' ( Red Seal)

Literature

Burkhard Glaetzner Burkhard Glaetzner (born 29 May 1943) is a German oboe virtuoso und conductor. He is one of the leading oboe players in Germany. Life Glaetzner was born in Poznań. His grandfather was the Goethe researcher , who last taught in Leipzig. In ...

Reiner Kontressowitz Reiner Kontressowitz (born 25 June 1942) is a German musicologist and lyricist. Life Kontressowitz was born in Roßlau. After graduating from the Secondary School in 1961, Kontressowitz studied horn, drums, theory and composition at the conserva ...

(ed.): ''Gruppe Neue Musik „Hanns Eisler“ 1970–1990. Spiel-Horizonte.'' Leipzig 1990, . * Annelie Schneider: ''Vereint Tradition und Moderne. Axel Schmidt, Oboe.''''Vereint Tradition und Moderne. Axel Schmidt, Oboe.''
on WorldCat ''Resonanz.'' I/2002,.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Axel Cor anglais players German classical oboists 1940 births Living people People from Zwickau