Famous People with Name Schmidt

Volker Ignaz Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Volker Ignaz Schmidt: is a composer of contemporary music. He has been studying harmony, counterpoint, form and orchestration since 1993. Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England). In 2001 he started composing his own music. Until now Volker Ignaz Schmidt has composed several solo works for piano, cello, violin, flute, clarinet and trombone, a duo for two double-basses, a string trio, vocal pieces for female voices, songs and several works for chamber ensembles. Schmidt worked with performers like <belcanto> Solisten, New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Franklin Cox and Trio Mondala. His works have been performed in Germany, Mexico, Russia & USA.

Carmela Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carmela Schmidt: is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany.

Jörg Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Jörg Schmidt: is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Detlef Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Detlef Schmidt: is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s.

Gustav Schmidt            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gustav Schmidt: is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s.