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My Take
Enjott Schneider strikes me as a genuinely rare figure: a man who both creates art and understands the machinery that protects it. A composer, musicologist, and educator who won the Filmband in Gold in 1991 and a German Television Award in 2007, he also chaired GEMA, Germany's music collecting society. That dual fluency, artistic and institutional, is almost unheard of. I respect creators who can write a memorable score and still grasp how the industry actually sustains itself. Seeing his name in a film's credits would earn my full attention; he is a craftsman who clearly thinks about the whole ecosystem of music, not just his own notes.
Overview
Enjott Schneider (born Norbert Jürgen Schneider 25 May 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German businessman, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He was chairman of the board of the German collecting society GEMA.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Enjott Schneider
- Name (Japanese)
- エンヨット・シュナイダー
- Reading
- えんよっと・しゅないだー
- Born
- May 25, 1950 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Weil am Rhein, Freiburg Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / musicologist / music educator / university teacher / film score composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1991 Filmband in Gold
- 2007 Deutscher Fernsehpreis/Best Music
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Composer — see all → · Musicologist — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.