Jörg Schneider

Baritone and guitarist Jörg Schneider studied voice with Gerhard Eisenmann and composition and counterpoint with Wolfgang Hohensee and Gerhard Tittel at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. He has been a member of the Rundfunkchor Berlin since 1989.​

As a soloist he has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Thomanerchor Leipzig under leading conductors, and can be heard on numerous CD and radio recordings. A particular concern of his is the rediscovery and performance of works by composers persecuted under the National Socialist regime. He also composes instrumental and vocal music himself.