Reinhold Friedrich
is one of the most renowned
trumpeters of this time
Reinhold Friedrich
plays the shofar,
the curved
ram’s horn
Reinhold Friedrich’s
intonation on
the trumpet
is magical
Reinhold Friedrich is undoubtedly one of those artists who can play whatever they want: It is always fantastic; music refined to the highest degree.
Jesko Schulze-Reimpel
Reinhold Friedrich, who plays seven different trumpets, flugelhorn, antelope horn as shofar, presents himself as a great master, nothing less than a trumpet god!
Jascha Nemtsov
The Musician
For Reinhold Friedrich, early music and new music belong together – without contradicting each other. He has performed on period instruments with Capriccio Basel, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and the Vienna Academy. Equally, he has premiered many contemporary works by Wolfgang Rihm, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Carola Bauckholt, Hans Werner Henze, Adriana Hölszky, Nicolaus A. Huber, Rebecca Saunders and Caspar Johannes Walter.
The Lecturer
Reinhold Friedrich is Professor of Trumpet at Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, a sought-after lecturer for master classes worldwide and an honorary professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, in Hiroshima/Japan and at the Escuela Superior de Musica REINA SOFIA in Madrid, the only private college offering a chamber music class for wind instruments.
Friedrich’s former students have won awards at important international competitions and hold leading positions with major orchestras. A growing number of them already hold professorships.
News
Reinhold Friedrich gehört zu den großen Trompetern unserer Zeit, schreibt die FAZ
14. August 2026Mit Ausgabe vom 10. August 2026 veröffentlicht die FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG anlässlich des Abschiedes als Professor an der Hochschule für Musik…
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Adios * good bye * arrivederci * au revoir * sayonara
9. March 2026After 37 years as a professor at the University of Music in Karlsruhe, Reinhold Friedrich will be stepping down. To mark…
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Hayato Kodama – das Wunder von Japan
16. January 2026Der 16-jährige Student Hayato Kodama von Prof. Reinhold Friedrich, gilt auch als Trompeten-Wunder aus Japan, verzaubert immer wieder sein Publikum durch eine…
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