recent highlights in Calendar: twice USA: Portland, Oregon, (Saint-Saens 3rd ViolinConcerto, ) and Houston Symphony (Paganini & Mendelssohn) Asia: Taiwan Symphony Orchestra,(Brahms& Korngoldconcertos ) 2 weeks Orchestra Tour in Southamerica, Sao Paolo, Rio, Brasilia, Goiania (Brahms, BeethovenVCs) Salzburger Festpiele in August ( Bernstein Serenade), Vienna Musikverein 5 Concerts ( e.g. Korngoldconcerto, Szymanowski 1st Violinsconcerto, Ravel Tzigane, etc.) Copenhagen Louisiana Festival, Festival Mecklenburg Vorpommern and Moritzburg, Germany, Köln Philharmonie, Mozarteum Orchester (Salzburg Festspielhaus), Camerata Salzburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam with rotterdam Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev, Barcelona: Orchestra Sinfonico Barcelona, (Korngold Concerto), Recitals in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Brasil.... Worldpremieres by thomas Gansch and Daniel Schnyder, Jazz with his Quartett "Hot Club d´Autriche"...
Benjamin Schmid (Violine), Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ltg. Tibor Bogányi: Béla Bartók, Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2, Gramola CD 99138; Tschaikowski, Violinkonzert D-Dur &