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Horn Master Class Engelbert Schmid
Mindelzell Horn Days
Mindelzell Horn Days
With great pleasure Engelbert Schmid can announce the Mindelzell Horn Days 2026,
from Wednesday 04th to Sunday 08th of March 2026.
• During the entire course you may try Engelbert Schmid Horns!
• Free minor repairs at thursday afternoon and friday morning!
• Professional piano accompaniment by Naoko Perrouault at the Steinway-piano of the Mindelsaal
Professors:
♦ Bruno Schneider
International Soloist and chamber musician with the stars of the international classic scene. Former professor for horn at the Musikhochschulen in Freiburg and Geneve for many years.
♦ Hervé Joulain
Solo horn for decades in the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. International Soloist and chamber musician.
♦ Javier Bonet
Horn Professor at ESMUC in Barcelona. International Soloist. 3./ 1. Hornist in the Orquesta Nacional de España.
♦ Engelbert Schmid
1978 bis 1988 Solo horn in Munich Radio Orchestra. He will teach as many hours as the horn production and the organisation work allows him to do.
♦ Naoko Perrouault-Watanabe, piano
Worldwide piano accompanist.
Program (not binding):
Wednesday,
12 to 13.45 h arrival at Engelbert Schmid GmbH, Bellerweg 3, D-86513 Mindelzell
14 to 18 h lessons
18:30 h dinner in Mindelzell, followed by a lecture by Engelbert Schmid
Thursday,
8:30 h breakfast
9:30 to 12:30 h lessons
12:30 h lunch
13:30 to 16:30 h lessons
17.00 h dinner
18:00 h instrument test, followed by rehearsal of the professors
Friday,
8:30 h breakfast
9:30 to 12:30 h lessons
12:30 h lunch
13:30 to 16:30 h lessons
17.00 h dinner
19 Uhr public concert of the professors in Mindelsaal, which at the same time is the annual workshop concert of the Engelbert Schmid GmbH. Detailed Infos from February 2026 on www.mindelsaal.de.
Saturday,
9 h breakfast
10 to 13 h lessons
13 h lunch
14 to 17 h lessons
18:30 h dinner
19:30 h General rehearsal of the public Sunday-Matinée in Mindelsaal
Sunday,
8:30 h breakfast
9 to 10:30 lessons
11 h public Matinée of the students in Mindelsaal
Fees, food and logding
Participation fee for the course of 4 days inclusive 4 nights in 2- to 4-bedrooms: € 395,-
Food (high quality by a local caterer):
Breakfast € 4,-
Lunch € 6,-
Dinner € 6,-
None alcoholic beverages free!
Lodging in the 5 miles away
Hotel Sonnenhof
Messerschmittstr. 1
D-86470 Thannhausen
Tel.: +49(0)82881 99948-0
We will reserve the hotel rooms. The above contact is only information for the participants.
Applications until February 15th 2026 at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Video Collection
New videos by Engelbert Schmid will be posted here soon to explain all relevant details for easy understanding:
Dear friends!
Here some first videos in English!
It's about the Hand Position and its influence on the intonation and efficiency of the instrument. Be sure to watch it till the end, - I´ll tell you a super trick there!
Amphitheatre
Information on the Amphitheater in Ancient Greek style and the Mindelsaal (concert and restauration hall) in Mindelzell can be found at this URL:
