Conrad Steinmann

Conrad Steinmann was born in Rapperswil (Switzerland) in 1951 and studied recorder with Hans Martin Linde at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 1972, he won the first prize at the International Recorder Competition in Bruges in Belgium. From 1975 to 1982, he taught at the Zürich Music Academy. In 1982, he was appointed to the staff of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. As an aulos player, he reflects a unique interest and knowledge of ancient Greek music. In 1991 he was awarded the Arts Prize of the C. H. Ernst Stiftung in Winterthur. Conrad Steinmann is a member of the recorder ensemble diferencias. He received particular impetus from his singing lessons with Kurt Widmer, as well as from his work with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and from his work as performer and concert organizer for contemporary music. He has given the world premi?res of numerous works written for him, among others by M. Käser, R. Kelterborn, H. Marti, R. Moser, U. P. Schneider, P. Streiff, M. Wehrli, B. Trümpy, H. U. Lehmann and V. Ekimovsky. He has given concerts and master classes throughout Europe, in Australia, Japan, Israel, Moscow and North America. He can frequently be heard with Johann Sonnleitner, Ensemble 415, and London Baroque. His recordings have been published with Claves, Jecklin, Harmonia Mundi and Divox.