# Benjamin Schmid, violin

> Benjamin Schmid, violin – 4 recordings on Ondine. Born in Vienna, Benjamin Schmid made his international breakthrough with a string of competition successes…

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- **Role:** violin
- **Photo:** © Marco Borggreve

## Biography

Born in Vienna, Benjamin Schmid made his international breakthrough with a string of competition

successes in 1992, above all the Carl Flesch Competition in London, where he won not only First Prize

but also the Mozart Prize, Beethoven Prize and Audience Prize. Since then, he has performed at major

venues worldwide with distinguished orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia

Orchestra in London, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam

and the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich under conductors including C. von Dohnányi, V. Gergiev, D.

Zinman and S. Ozawa. His repertoire is exceptionally broad, including such rare violin concertos as

those of Ligeti, Gulda, Korngold, Muthspiel, Szymanowski, Weill, Lutoslawski and Reger in addition to

the core repertoire, and he also has a remarkable skill in jazz improvisation.

Benjamin Schmid has recorded more than 40 acclaimed CDs, winning awards such as the

Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, the Echo Klassik music prize, Gramophone Editor's Choice, Record of

the Month and Strad Selection. He has appeared at concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic broadcast

on TV worldwide: under Seiji Ozawa at the Salzburg Festival and under Valeri Gergiev at the summer

night concert at Schönbrunn. Both concerts have also been released on CD and DVD.

Benjamin Schmid has been featured in several documentaries capturing his outstanding

artistic persona. In 2006, he received the International Prize for Arts and Culture in his home city of

Salzburg, where he now lives with his wife, pianist Ariane Haering, and their four children.

Benjamin Schmid is a professor at the University Mozarteum Salzburg and a visiting professor

in Bern. He plays a Stradivari violin, ‘ex Guyot 1705', and was included in the book Great Violinists of

the 20th Century, Vol. 2 by J.M. Molkou, published by Buchet-Chastel.

## Discography on Ondine (4)

- [Einar Englund · Uuno Klami: Violin Concertos](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1278-2.md): Benjamin Schmid, violin · Oulu Symphony Orchestra · Johannes Gustavsson, conductor (ODE 1278-2, 2016)
- [Dmitri Shostakovich · Sergei Prokofiev · Kurt Weill: Preludes from Op. 34 · (Arr. Dmitri Tsyganov) · Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 · (Arr. Viktor Derevianko) · Seven Pieces from 'The Threepenny Opera' · (Arr. Stefan Frenkel)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1253-2.md): Benjamin Schmid, violin · Lisa Smirnova, piano (ODE 1253-2, 2015)
- [György Ligeti: Violin Concerto · Lontano · Atmosphères · San Francisco Polyphony](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1213-2.md): Benjamin Schmid, violin · Finnish RSO · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1213-2, 2013)
- [Max Reger: Violin Concerto · Chaconne](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1203-2.md): Benjamin Schmid, violin · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1203-2, 2012)

## Links

- [Benjamin Schmid](https://www.benjaminschmid.com)