Wolfgang Schmidt, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt studied with David Geringas, Aldo Parisot and Mstislav Rostropovitch. He was awarded the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris at the International Rostropovitch Competition in Paris and was a prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and International Leonard Rose Cello Competition in the USA. Wolfgang performs worldwide with such prestigious orchestras as the Gewandhaus Orchestra (Leipzig), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Paris, Staatskapelle Weimar, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has worked under the baton of such esteemed conductors as Gerd Albrecht, Hermann Baümer, Jiri Belohlavek, Andrey Boreyko, Charles Dutoit, Gabriel Feltz, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Marek Janowski, Nicholas Milton, Heinz Rögner, Donald Runnicles, Yutaka Sado, Michael Sanderling, Vassili Sinaiski, Heinz Wallberg, and Hugh Wolff. He has performed in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls including the Philharmonie - Berlin, Philharmonie - Munich, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Theatre du Champs Elysee, Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Wigmore Hall London, Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and at the Ravinia Festival. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt is also much acclaimed as a conductor and has led the Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie Herford, Christchurch Symphony New Zealand, Kammerorchester of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Sinfonieorchester 38
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