Christfried Schmidt (born 26 November 1932) is a German composer and arrangeur.
In Görlitz, he attended the grammar school and received piano lessons from Humperdinck's pupil Emil Kühnel.
In Warsaw, he met the Japanese musicologist Ichirō Tamura, who enabled him to perform his works in Japan.
[3] The artistic breakthrough came with the premiere of his oboe concerto performed by Burkhard Glaetzner at the DDR-Musiktagen 1984.
[5] In 2019, the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Kai-Uwe Jirka premiered his St. Mark Passion from 1975 after 45 years.