Rainer Schmidt (born 1964) is a German classical violinist.

Life and career

Rainer Schmidt studied at the University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover, where he graduated with a soloist diploma. He also studied at the College Conservatory of the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

with

Walter Levin Walter Levin (December 6, 1924 – August 4, 2017) was the founder, first violinist, and guiding spirit of the LaSalle Quartet (active 1947–1987), which was known for its championing of contemporary composers, for its recordings of the Second V ...

from the

LaSalle Quartet The LaSalle Quartet was a string quartet active from 1946 to 1987. It was founded by first violinist Walter Levin. The LaSalle's name is attributed to an apartment on LaSalle Street in Manhattan, where some of its members lived during the quartet ...

. Since 1987, he has been a member of the

Hagen Quartet The Hagen Quartet is an Austrian string quartet founded in 1981 by four siblings, Lukas, Angelika (first replaced by Annette Bik, who was then replaced by Rainer Schmidt in 1987), Veronika and Clemens, in Salzburg. The quartet members are teach ...

, where he plays the second violin. In 1989, he founded the Ravinia Trio. Since 1988, Schmidt has been teaching at the Mozarteum Salzburg and between 2002 and 2007 at the

Reina Sofía School of Music The Reina Sofía School of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music school founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea. It belongs to the Albéniz Foundation, and it bears the name of its Honorary Pre ...

in Madrid. Since October 2007, he has held the professorship for violin and chamber music at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel.Prof. Rainer Schmidt
on the website of the , retrieved 16 October 2020.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Rainer German classical violinists Male classical violinists Academic staff of Mozarteum University Salzburg 1964 births Living people