Peter Schmidl

Peter Schmidl (born 10 January 1941) is an Austrian clarinetist. Schmidl was born in Olomouc, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and studied clarinet with Rudolf Jettel at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. 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.