The German violinist and conductor, Rainer Kussmaul, is a son of a musical family. He received his first violin lessons from his father and then studied with Riccardo Odnoposoff. He was a prize-holder at numerous international violin competitions. Rainer Kussmaul performs worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Stuttgart Piano Trio, formed in 1968. In 1995 he founded the Berliner Barock Solisten, together with R. Orlovsky. He plays a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1724. Between his concert tours with renowned orchestras and conductors, he records for radio, television and CD.