Udo Schneberger (born 28 January 1964 in Bad Sobernheim) is a German pianist, organist and academic teacher.
After first piano lessons with Rudolf Desch and organ studies with Dieter Wellmann[1] Schneberger studied piano at the Musikhochschule Köln (piano Günter Ludwig/chamber music Amadeus Quartet) and church music at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg of the Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden (organ Andreas Schröder and Wolfgang Herbst/conducting Bernd Stegmann/Improvisation Renate Zimmermann). Participation in master classes and teaching events by Tatiana Nikolayeva, William Pleeth, Jürgen Uhde, Igor Ozim, Walter Nothaas complemented his artistic training.[2]
Schneberger initiated the Mattheiser Summer Academy in 1988 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Johann Michael Stumm organ in Bad Sobernheim.[3]
Schneberger was appointed professor at Mukogawa Women's University in Nishinomiya and has taught in Japan since 1991. After working as a professor at the Shirasagi Academy of Music in Himeji and as a lecturer at the University of Arts in Osaka in Japan, he follows a master's programme in theology at Kobe Lutheran Theological Seminary in preparation for the doctorate.[4]
