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SMF Artistic Director Carsten Schmidt has appeared at the Ravinia Festival, International Schubert Festival in Amsterdam, the German Mozart Festival, Merkin Hall in NYC, Kennedy Center, and Kaleidoscope Festival in Moscow, and has been heard in radio broadcasts worldwide. His repertoire ranges from the early Baroque to new works, of which he has premiered more than 100. He has conducted opera productions of Handel and Purcell, and a concerto program at the Kuhmo Festival in Finland. He holds Artist Diplomas from the Folkwang Institute, Indiana University, and a doctorate from Yale. He has been Professor of Music at Sarah Lawrence College since 1998.

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