Axel Schmidt (19 August 1940 – 9 December 2024)[1] was a German cor anglais player and oboist.
In 1964, he became solo English horn player with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under the conduct of Herbert Kegel.
He was interpreter of early music in the Pro Arte Antiqua Lipsienis, the Telemann-Ensemble and the Capella Fidicinia under the direction of the musicologist Hans Grüß.
He taught English horn and since 1976 oboe; in 1993 he became professor at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.
His students include Michael Goldammer, Walter Klingner, Sebastian Röthig and Gunter Sieberth.