JURIES/FESTIVALS/MASTER CLASSES


Professor Schmieder frequently represents the United States as a jury member at leading international competitions including:
 

  Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, Belgium (1997)
Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Finland (1990, 2000)
ARD International Violin Competition, Germany (1992, 2001)
Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Germany (2003, 2006, 2009)
Kulenkampff International Violin Competition, Germany (1994)
Premio Paganini, Genoa, Italy (1995, 2000)
XXI Premio Rodolfo Lipizer, Gorizia, Italy (2003)
Lexus International Violin Competition, New Zealand (1992)
"Remember Enescu" International Violin Competition, Sinaia, Romania (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Gnessin International Violin & Piano Competition, Moscow, Russia (2003)
UNISA, RSA (1988,1992)
Pablo de Sarasate International Violin Competition, Spain (2001)
Taipei International Music Competition, Taiwan (1988,1991)
Julius Stulberg Competition, MI (1991)
RSO/Lennox Young Artists Competition (1998)
TMEA National Competition (1994)
Jeunesses Musicales 14th INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION, Bucharest, Romania ( May 2007)
Postacchini International  Violin Competition, Fermo, Italy ( May 2007)

5th International Spohr-Wettbewerb Competition, Weimar, Germany (October 2007)
Sarasate National Violin Competition, Madrid, Spain (September 2008)

2nd China International Violin Competition in Qingdao (November 2008)

In 2003, Professor Schmieder was invited and accepted position as Artistic Advisor to the Sarasate International Violin Competition in Spain.
Since 2002, he is an advisory to the Foundation "Remember Enescu" in Romania.
Eduard Schmieder is an Honorary President of iPalpiti Artists International, Los Angeles, USA.

Partial List of Institutions  & Festivals where Professor Schmieder has served as faculty in residence, taught master classes, lectured, performed and conducted orchestras:

In the United States: (in alphabetical order)
American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
Eastman School of Music
Lamar University
Michigan State University
New England Conservatory
Northwestern University
Rice University
Roosevelt University
The College Music Society, University of Central Arkansas
The Music Center of the North Shore, Chicago, MI
The Stradivari Society, Chicago, MI
Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Yale University

Worldwide: (alphabetical by country)
Mozarteum Academy Salzburg, Austria
Vienna Conservatory, Austria
Sofia Academy of Music, Bulgaria
Beijing Central Conservatory, China
Shanghai Conservatory, China
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Conservatoire Superior de Lyon, France
Conservatoire Superior de Paris, France
Hanover Hochshule, Germany
Heinz Eisler Hochshule, Berlin, Germany
Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich, Germany
Concertgebouw Violin Masterclasses, Amsterdam, Holland
Hong Kong Center for Performing Arts
Villa Chiericati- Showa/Geidai University, Italy
Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music, Israel
Tel- Aviv Rubin Academy of Music, Israel
Geidai National University, Japan
Kunitachi University, Japan
Showa University, Japan
Gnessin Russian Music Academy, Moscow, Russia
St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia
UNISA, Pretoria, RSA
Kaoshung University, Taiwan
Taipei University, Taiwan
Menuhin School, UK
Purcell School, UK
Royal Academy, UK
Royal College, UK

Festivals:
In United States:
Aspen Festival, CO
Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI (1982-1988)
Idyllwild School of Music & the Arts, CA (Schmieder Violin Performance Course 1988-1996)
International Laureates Festival, Los Angeles - Beverly Hills (1998 – to date)
Musicorda, Mass.
TUACAHN Center for the Arts, Utah
SMU-in-Taos Festival, NM (1997 –to date)
Summit Festival, NY
Worldwide:
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Festival Wallonie, Belgium
Chateau de Champs, France
Grenoble Festival, France
Moulin d’Ande Centre Culturel & Artistique, France
Reinsberg Academie, Germany
Holland Music Sessions, The Netherlands (1990 – 2002)
7th International European String Festival/Masterclasses, Budapest, Hungary
Venice Internaitonal Violin Institute, Italy
Yokosuka Festival, Japan (1999- to date)
Tokyo Festival, Japan
Martha Argerich Festival, Japan
NIMF (New International Music Festival), Seoul, Korea
Kudowa Zdroj Master Course, Poland
Paganini Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
International Music Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pro Corda, UK
Britten Pierce Festival, UK
Mozarteum Summer Academie, Salzburg, Austria