Felix Schneider-Restschikow

German pianist, born on December 24, 1990 in “Neustadt an der Weinstraße”, began to play the piano at the age of six. He started with classical piano, coached by his own father, Hermann Restschikow. After a musical break due to changing interests in Schneider's own youth, he took up the piano again and his journey lead him through many different genres of music – he played in different bands in styles, which ranged from reggae to blues and to funk. In the end, he encountered Jazz, which fascinated him so much that he decided to study Jazz piano. In 2010 he started to study Jazz piano at the “Hochschule für Musik Würzburg” with Tine Schneider. 2015 he received his Bachelor's degree there. Prior to this, he studied one year abroad in Valencia, Spain, where he took up lessons with Albert Sanz. In 2017, he received his Master's degree from the “Hochschule für Musik Würzburg”. It was within this period, when his teacher Tine Schneider, influenced him decisively. He now works privately as a pedagogue and piano teacher. Furthermore he gives lessons at the “Solidary Music School 'Welcome with Music'”. Currently he lives in Würzburg and plays in various bands such as: “Raniin Trio”,Lou-Duo “Not Machine”, “Yasami” and the “Pioneros Latinos”.