Udo Schneberger (born 28 January 1964 in Bad Sobernheim) is a German pianist, organist and academic teacher.

After first piano lessons with Rudolf Desch and organ studies with Dieter Wellmann[1] Schneberger studied piano at the Musikhochschule Köln (piano Günter Ludwig/chamber music Amadeus Quartet) and church music at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg of the Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden (organ Andreas Schröder and Wolfgang Herbst/conducting Bernd Stegmann/Improvisation Renate Zimmermann). Participation in master classes and teaching events by Tatiana Nikolayeva, William Pleeth, Jürgen Uhde, Igor Ozim, Walter Nothaas complemented his artistic training.[2]

Schneberger initiated the Mattheiser Summer Academy in 1988 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Johann Michael Stumm organ in Bad Sobernheim.[3]

Schneberger was appointed professor at Mukogawa Women's University in Nishinomiya and has taught in Japan since 1991. After working as a professor at the Shirasagi Academy of Music in Himeji and as a lecturer at the University of Arts in Osaka in Japan, he follows a master's programme in theology at Kobe Lutheran Theological Seminary in preparation for the doctorate.[4]

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  1. ^ Bad Kreuznach, retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ Vita on Mattheiser Sommer-Akademie, retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ Rhein-Zeitung from 12 August 2011: Lecturers and 91 students have arrived: Bad Sobernheim's Mattheiser Summer Academy can begin, retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ Vita auf Konzertprogramm XIV. Internationale Orgelfestwochen Rheinland-Pfalz 2005, p. 3 (PDF- file), retrieved 19 August 2021.

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