Stefan Schmidt (Germany)

Stefan Schmidt (Germany) is one of the most established guitar teachers of our time. He belongs specialists who develop innovative concepts for working with young children as well as as well as highly successful in competitions and concerts with gifted students of all ages in competitions and concerts.

The guitarist, who received his training at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule with Stephan Werner (1987-1991) and Prof. Michael Teuchert (1991-1994), has in recent years repeatedly been able to students at national and international music competitions on the top ranks. ranks in national and international music competitions. He gives numerous lectures about his teaching concept at music academies and within music festivals throughout Europe, which are usually booked out well in advance.

Stefan Schmidt is the artistic director of the Focus Guitar Festival in Friedberg, Bavaria, which which, in addition to offering a unique intensive training program for guitar teachers, is especially internationally successful young concert guitarists and also offers numerous activities for children and young people. offers for children and young people.

Since 2011, Stefan Schmidt has also been teaching at the Leopold Mozart Center of the University of Augsburg Didactics and Methodology of the Guitar.
In 2015 Stefan Schmidt was awarded for his merits with the "Friedberger Flügel".
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He is married, lives in Friedberg near Augsburg and is the father of four children.