Sigurd Schmidt

Sigurd Schmidt initially studied music theory and composition with Professor Hans Poser and Professor E. G. Klussman. After two semesters, he moved to the main subject guitar / lute on but without a work with Professor Hans Poser interrupting. He studied under Professor Eike Funk (Hamburg) and Professor Heinz Teuchert (Frankfurt) and graduated with the artistic maturity examination and the diploma of the Hamburg Academy of Music from. In addition, other courses have been completed such. B. at Toyohiko Satoh. Sigurd Schmidt's thesis dealt in detail with the various playing techniques of the right hand, but especially with the so-called support strike which plays a very crucial role in the nail game. As the initiator and leader of the Parnassos Gitarrentrio an active concert career has been completed and at the same time built a solo career. Many studio recordings, radio, theater and opera performances followed. The deep exploration of the hermetic philosophy of the Renaissance (G. Bruno, Agrippa, R. Fludd, J. Dee and others) and the lute music of this time - which he describes as a "cult of melancholy", led to the decision to guitaristic of the separating nail art and to devote himself exclusively to the lute and baroque guitar. In addition to his musical vocation, there is strong additional interest for medical, ethnological consciousness techniques and philosophy of religion. Today Sigurd Schmidt lives as a private tutor in the Lüneburg Heath. He maintains an active contact with other lutenist and a variety of instrument makers and focuses intensely on his lautenistische concerts.