Background
Schmidl was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakian Republic, and studied clarinet at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
university professor clarinetist
Schmidl was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakian Republic, and studied clarinet at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
University of Music and Performing Arts.
He was the principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He has played with the MDR Orchestra, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, and the Tokyo New Philharmonia. He has taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna since 1967.
Gold Medal of the Province of Salzburg.
Gold Medal of the Province of Salzburg Honorary Ring of the Vienna Philharmonic Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1999) Large golden belt of the Vienna Ambulance Cross of Honour of Cultural Merit of the Republic of Romania Appointment as Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange by the Japanese Ministry of Culture Mozart Silver Medal at the International Mozarteum Foundation Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2008).
