Swiss pianist Kathrin Schmidlin specialises in works by female composers. In 2021, she released the album Frauenstimmen, followed by Opus 1 feminin in 2022, both with Claves Records. These recordings earned her international recognition: Frauenstimmen was included in New York classical radio station WQXR’s list of The Best Albums of the Month. Opus 1 feminin was named Album of the Week by MDR, among other accolades.
In 2017, Kathrin Schmidlin performed Fanny Hensel’s complete piano cycle Das Jahr at the Museum am Dom in Trier. In 2019, to mark the 200th birthday of Clara Schumann, she gave multiple performances of her Piano Concerto in A minor.
Her concert appearances have taken her to prestigious venues, including the Great Hall of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Paris, the Steingraeber & Sons piano factory in Bayreuth, the Forum of German Music Academies in Gladbeck, Theater Basel, Sils Maria, and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad.
Kathrin Schmidlin studied with Karl-Andreas Kolly at the Zurich University of the Arts, Wolfgang Manz at the Nuremberg University of Music, and Tobias Schabenberger at the Basel Academy of Music. She has won multiple prizes in national and international competitions and was a scholarship holder at the Ansbach Bach Week. She received further artistic guidance from Henri Sigfridsson, Aleksandar Madžar, Brigitte Meyer, Konstantin Lifschitz and Hartmut Höll.
Beyond her artistic career, Kathrin Schmidlin maintains a diverse professional portfolio. She previously served on the board of the European Piano Teachers Association Switzerland and was a faculty member at the Zurich Conservatory Music School. Since 2023, she has led a piano class in the Basel region while also working as an external examiner at Swiss cantonal schools.
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