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Stefan Schmid

contemporary jazz

About Me

born february 13th 1984, half icelandic and half german.
1993 – 2002
music-lessons at the municipal conservatory of bad duerkheim with frank metzger, principal instrument saxophone
1998 – 2002
classical piano lessons with stefan merkelbach at the municipal conservatory of grünstadt and jazz piano lessons with johannes bartmes
2000 – 2004
member of the youth-jazzorchestra of the state of rheinland-pfalz, concert tours through the USA, korea and brazil, workshops and concerts with terrell stafford (USA), greg abate (USA), dieter glawischnig (D), ack van rooyen (NL), dave stryker (USA), thomas siffling (D) and more
2002 – 2003
preperation studies (‘SVA / Jungstudent’) at the peter-cornelius-conservatory of mainz with sven hack, principal instrument saxophone, minor subjects: piano and music theory
2002
winner of the ‘Skoda Big Band Jazz Competition’
2003
concert tour with LittleBigRhythm&Brass to sweden
2003
1st prize-winner in the category solo saxophone in the competition ‘jugend jazzt’
2003 – 2007
studies at the university of nuernberg with prof. steffen schorn, prof. klaus graf and hubert winter, graduated with distinction
2004
participant at the european jazz academy in heek (NRW-germany)
2004 – 2006
member of the youth-jazzorchestra of the state of bavaria, lessons with harald rüschenbaum, karsten gorzel and more
2006
2nd prize winner at the ‘bruno-rother-gedächtnisstipendium – the music of duke ellington’
2006 –
admission into the federal jazzorchestra of germany under the conduction of peter herbolzheimer, prof. marko lackner and prof. bill dobbins, lessons with john ruocco, johannes enders, fiete felsch, tour to the ukraine
2006
1st prize at the 'international competition for soloists and ensemble, kerkrade (NL)' with the orka quartet
2007
1st prize winner for the best music education graduation at the university of nuernberg
2007 – 2008
post-graduated studies of the subject jazz-saxophone at the university of nuernberg with hubert winter
2008
1st prize winner at the ‘bruno-rother-gedächtnisstipendium' for composition and arrangement with the ‘stefan schmid quartet’
2008
‘yehudi menuhin scholarship’ with ‘trio BIS’




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Music:

Member Since: 2/17/2007
Band Website: stefanschmidmusic.de
Band Members: Orka Quartet:
Stefan Schmid (ts/ss), Philipp Rüttgers (p), Patric Siewert (eb), Yonga Sun (dr).
www.orkaquartet.com

Jazzcoast:
Stefan Koschitzki (as/ss/cl/fl), Stefan Schmid (ts/cl), Veit Rudhardt (trb), Stefan Degner (git), Dirk Schade (b), Jan-Philipp Wiesmann (dr).).
www.jazzcoast.de

Trio BIS:
Stefan Schmid (reeds), Ivan Ivanchenko (vib), Alex Bayer (bass).).
www.stefanschmidmusic.de
Influences: John Coltrane, Chris Potter, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson and many many others
Sounds Like: Jazz Competition Nuernberg 2008
Stefan Schmid Quartett - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Jazz Competition Nuernberg 2008
Stefan Schmid Quartett - Far Wells, Mill Valley

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None