| ← Previous revision |
Revision as of 00:23, 19 April 2026 |
| Line 57: |
Line 57: |
|
|
|
|
|
== Early life == |
|
== Early life == |
|
Kurt Hugo Schneider was born in [[Baltimore]] to Laurie S. Auth, a [[visual artist]], and Michael Schneider, a [[mathematician]].[{{cite web|title=Visual Artist Laurie S. Auth's Artworks|url=http://www.lsauth.com/index.html|date=2014-10-18|publisher=[[lsauth]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016235108/http://lsauth.com/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-16|access-date=2014-10-18}}][{{cite web|title=New Haven Asset Management, Management Team|url=http://www.newhavenllc.com/the-team|date=2014-10-18|publisher=[[newhavenllc]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021133137/http://newhavenllc.com/the-team|archive-date=2014-10-21|access-date=2014-10-18}}] He grew up in [[Blue Bell, Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]], where he lived just a street away from [[Sam Tsui]], whom he met while attending middle school. They both later attended [[Wissahickon High School]].[{{cite web|title=Sam Tsui & Kurt Schneider: The Covers|url=http://www.sh-k-boom.com/thecovers.shtml|publisher=[[Sh-K-Boom Records]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217041831/http://www.sh-k-boom.com/thecovers.shtml|archive-date=2010-02-17|access-date=2009-09-14}}] He graduated class [[valedictorian]].[{{cite web|title=Talking YouTube with Kurt Hugo Schneider|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20141116_Talking_YouTube_with_Kurt_Hugo_Schneider.html?c=r|last=Hiltbrand|first=David|date=November 16, 2014|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=[[Philadelphia Media Network]]|access-date=2014-12-26}}] |
|
Kurt Hugo Schneider was born on September 7, 1988, in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]], to Laurie S. Auth, a [[visual artist]], and Michael Schneider, a [[mathematician]].[{{cite web|title=Visual Artist Laurie S. Auth's Artworks|url=http://www.lsauth.com/index.html|date=2014-10-18|publisher=[[lsauth]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016235108/http://lsauth.com/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-16|access-date=2014-10-18}}][{{cite web|title=New Haven Asset Management, Management Team|url=http://www.newhavenllc.com/the-team|date=2014-10-18|publisher=[[newhavenllc]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021133137/http://newhavenllc.com/the-team|archive-date=2014-10-21|access-date=2014-10-18}}] He grew up in [[Blue Bell, Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]], where he lived just a street away from [[Sam Tsui]], whom Schneider met while attending middle school. They both later attended [[Wissahickon High School]].[{{cite web|title=Sam Tsui & Kurt Schneider: The Covers|url=http://www.sh-k-boom.com/thecovers.shtml|publisher=[[Sh-K-Boom Records]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217041831/http://www.sh-k-boom.com/thecovers.shtml|archive-date=2010-02-17|access-date=2009-09-14}}] He graduated class [[valedictorian]].[{{cite web|title=Talking YouTube with Kurt Hugo Schneider|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20141116_Talking_YouTube_with_Kurt_Hugo_Schneider.html?c=r|last=Hiltbrand|first=David|date=November 16, 2014|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=[[Philadelphia Media Network]]|access-date=2014-12-26}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
Schneider attended [[Yale University]], where he got his start producing videos when he worked at Yale's Digital Media Center for the Arts.[{{Cite magazine|last=Pierce|first=David|date=2016-06-02|title=Kurt Schneider: The Chessmaster Who Turned Into the King of YouTube Music|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/06/youtube-superproducer-kurt-hugo-schneider/|access-date=2020-03-09|issn=1059-1028}}] He graduated [[magna cum laude]] in 2010 with a degree in [[mathematics]] and was inducted into [[Phi Beta Kappa]].[{{cite web|title=Senior Year Inductees|url=http://www.yale.edu/pbk/seniorinductees.html|publisher=Yale.edu|access-date=2013-10-18}}] |
|
Schneider attended [[Yale University]], where he got his start producing videos when he worked at Yale's Digital Media Center for the Arts.[{{Cite magazine|last=Pierce|first=David|date=2016-06-02|title=Kurt Schneider: The Chessmaster Who Turned Into the King of YouTube Music|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/06/youtube-superproducer-kurt-hugo-schneider/|access-date=2020-03-09|issn=1059-1028}}] Schneider then graduated [[magna cum laude]] in 2010 with a degree in [[mathematics]] and was inducted into [[Phi Beta Kappa]].[{{cite web|title=Senior Year Inductees|url=http://www.yale.edu/pbk/seniorinductees.html|publisher=Yale.edu|access-date=2013-10-18}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
==Career== |
|
==Career== |
| Line 68: |
Line 68: |
|
Schneider and Jake Bruene created the musical [[web series]] ''College Musical'' fall semester 2008 at Yale. Schneider composed the songs and cast the project from Yale's music community, which included Sam Tsui and [[Allison Williams (actress)|Allison Williams]]. The first episode aired on YouTube in January 2009.[{{cite news|last=Zhang|first=Baobao|date=2010-09-03|title=The stacks are alive ... with the sound of "College Musical"|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=The Yale Daily News Publishing Company|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/sep/03/stacks-are-alive-sound-college-musical/|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124204007/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/sep/03/stacks-are-alive-sound-college-musical/|archive-date=2010-11-24}}] A series of behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, filmed and narrated by Nick Uhas, has been released on YouTube.[{{cite web|title=Ep. 01 of The Making of College Musical The Movie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXHUhRxATxo|date=2010-08-12|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2011-02-15}}] |
|
Schneider and Jake Bruene created the musical [[web series]] ''College Musical'' fall semester 2008 at Yale. Schneider composed the songs and cast the project from Yale's music community, which included Sam Tsui and [[Allison Williams (actress)|Allison Williams]]. The first episode aired on YouTube in January 2009.[{{cite news|last=Zhang|first=Baobao|date=2010-09-03|title=The stacks are alive ... with the sound of "College Musical"|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=The Yale Daily News Publishing Company|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/sep/03/stacks-are-alive-sound-college-musical/|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124204007/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/sep/03/stacks-are-alive-sound-college-musical/|archive-date=2010-11-24}}] A series of behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, filmed and narrated by Nick Uhas, has been released on YouTube.[{{cite web|title=Ep. 01 of The Making of College Musical The Movie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXHUhRxATxo|date=2010-08-12|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2011-02-15}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
He produced videos of Tsui singing [[Cover version|covers]] and [[Medley (music)|medleys]].
|
|
Schneider produced videos of Tsui singing [[Cover version|covers]] and [[Medley (music)|medleys]]. |
|
|
|
|
|
They garnered wide media attention with a video of a [[Michael Jackson]] medley.[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/KurtHugoSchneider|title=KurtHugoSchneider's Channel|author=As at December 2011. Schneider, Kurt Hugo|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2011-12-26}}] This medley is one of several in which Schneider, using [[video editing]], creates the illusion of a one-man a cappella choir, with Tsui covering [[Lead vocalist|lead]] and [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], playing multiple versions of himself.[{{Cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20091003/BLOG36/91002074/1001/NEWS/Michael-Jackson-medley-a-Web-hit|title=Michael Jackson medley video a Web hit|date=2009-10-03|first=Mark W.|last=Smith|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company|Gannett Company, Inc]]|access-date=2010-10-11}}] Their medley videos have been described by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' as a combination of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]''.[{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Incredible-Feats/6|title=Incredible Feats|work=[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]|publisher=[[Harpo Productions]]|access-date=2010-09-14}}][{{cite web|url=http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/bullblog-breaking-news-sam-tsui-to-be-on-oprah/|title=Bullblog breaking news: Sam Tsui to be on Oprah|author=Miranda|date=2010-02-16|work=[[The Yale Herald]]|publisher=[[Yale University]]|access-date=2010-09-14|archive-date=April 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423175944/http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/bullblog-breaking-news-sam-tsui-to-be-on-oprah/|url-status=dead}}][{{Cite news|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/02/tsui-11-and-schneider-10-ellen/|title=Tsui '11 and Schneider '10 on 'Ellen'|date=2010-12-02|first=Esther|last=Zuckerman|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=The Yale Daily News Publishing Company|access-date=2010-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222145129/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/02/tsui-11-and-schneider-10-ellen/|archive-date=2011-02-22|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/12/youtube_sensation_sam_tsui_performs_1202.php|title=YouTube Sensation Sam Tsui Performs!|date=December 2, 2010|publisher=Ellen.WarnerBros.com. [[Warner Bros.]]|access-date=2010-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206031602/http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/12/youtube_sensation_sam_tsui_performs_1202.php|archive-date=December 6, 2010|url-status=dead}}] On February 3, 2011, Schneider's video of Tsui covering ''[[Hold It Against Me]]'', in which Tsui sang and played the piano with Schneider on percussion, was featured on [[Britney Spears]]' official website.[{{cite web|url=http://www.britneyspears.com/2011/02/sam-tsui-covers-britneys-hold-it-against-me.php|title=Sam Tsui Covers Britney's "Hold It Against Me"|publisher=britneyspears.com|date=2011-02-03|access-date=2011-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222151819/http://www.britneyspears.com/2011/02/sam-tsui-covers-britneys-hold-it-against-me.php|archive-date=2011-02-22|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.twitter.com/SamuelTsui/statuses/33295678578892800 | title=My "Hold it Against Me" cover was just posted on @britneyspears official website!! Ahhh! :-D|publisher=[[Twitter]] |date=2011-02-04 |access-date=2011-02-06}}] |
|
They garnered wide media attention with a video of a [[Michael Jackson]] medley.[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/KurtHugoSchneider|title=KurtHugoSchneider's Channel|author=As at December 2011. Schneider, Kurt Hugo|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2011-12-26}}] This medley is one of several in which Schneider, using [[video editing]], creates the illusion of a one-man a cappella choir, with Tsui covering [[Lead vocalist|lead]] and [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], playing multiple versions of himself.[{{Cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20091003/BLOG36/91002074/1001/NEWS/Michael-Jackson-medley-a-Web-hit|title=Michael Jackson medley video a Web hit|date=2009-10-03|first=Mark W.|last=Smith|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company|Gannett Company, Inc]]|access-date=2010-10-11}}] Their medley videos have been described by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' as a combination of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]''.[{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Incredible-Feats/6|title=Incredible Feats|work=[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]|publisher=[[Harpo Productions]]|access-date=2010-09-14}}][{{cite web|url=http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/bullblog-breaking-news-sam-tsui-to-be-on-oprah/|title=Bullblog breaking news: Sam Tsui to be on Oprah|author=Miranda|date=2010-02-16|work=[[The Yale Herald]]|publisher=[[Yale University]]|access-date=2010-09-14|archive-date=April 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423175944/http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/bullblog-breaking-news-sam-tsui-to-be-on-oprah/|url-status=dead}}][{{Cite news|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/02/tsui-11-and-schneider-10-ellen/|title=Tsui '11 and Schneider '10 on 'Ellen'|date=2010-12-02|first=Esther|last=Zuckerman|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=The Yale Daily News Publishing Company|access-date=2010-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222145129/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/02/tsui-11-and-schneider-10-ellen/|archive-date=2011-02-22|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/12/youtube_sensation_sam_tsui_performs_1202.php|title=YouTube Sensation Sam Tsui Performs!|date=December 2, 2010|publisher=Ellen.WarnerBros.com. [[Warner Bros.]]|access-date=2010-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206031602/http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/12/youtube_sensation_sam_tsui_performs_1202.php|archive-date=December 6, 2010|url-status=dead}}] On February 3, 2011, Schneider's video of Tsui covering ''[[Hold It Against Me]]'', in which Tsui sang and played the piano with Schneider on percussion, was featured on [[Britney Spears]]' official website.[{{cite web|url=http://www.britneyspears.com/2011/02/sam-tsui-covers-britneys-hold-it-against-me.php|title=Sam Tsui Covers Britney's "Hold It Against Me"|publisher=britneyspears.com|date=2011-02-03|access-date=2011-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222151819/http://www.britneyspears.com/2011/02/sam-tsui-covers-britneys-hold-it-against-me.php|archive-date=2011-02-22|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.twitter.com/SamuelTsui/statuses/33295678578892800 | title=My "Hold it Against Me" cover was just posted on @britneyspears official website!! Ahhh! :-D|publisher=[[Twitter]] |date=2011-02-04 |access-date=2011-02-06}}] |
| Line 86: |
Line 86: |
|
|
|
|
|
==Chess and puzzles== |
|
==Chess and puzzles== |
|
Schneider played for Yale's chess team.[{{cite web|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10191/581/|title=The United States Chess Federation - Chess Master Appeared on Oprah|publisher=[[United States Chess Federation]]|access-date=2011-04-01}}] and has held a blindfolded [[simultaneous exhibition]] for the comedy series [[The Try Guys]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6TPTBBz7g|title=Can 4 Guys Beat A Blindfolded Chess Master? • The Try Guys: 4 Vs. 1 |date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2020-02-22}}] He has also featured at the [[CES 2014]] in the HRM Chess Tournament, hosted by [[Nordic Semiconductor]] in [[Las Vegas]], while playing against [[Magnus Carlsen]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWLbkN4kM4|title=Nordic Semi @ CES 2014 - HRM Chess Tournament starring Magnus Carlsen |date=February 3, 2014 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2014-02-03}}] |
|
Schneider played for Yale's chess team.[{{cite web|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10191/581/|title=The United States Chess Federation - Chess Master Appeared on Oprah|publisher=[[United States Chess Federation]]|access-date=2011-04-01}}] and has held a blindfolded [[simultaneous exhibition]] for the comedy series [[The Try Guys]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6TPTBBz7g|title=Can 4 Guys Beat A Blindfolded Chess Master? • The Try Guys: 4 Vs. 1 |date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2020-02-22}}] Schneider has also featured at the [[CES 2014]] in the HRM Chess Tournament, hosted by [[Nordic Semiconductor]] in [[Las Vegas]], while playing against [[Magnus Carlsen]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWLbkN4kM4|title=Nordic Semi @ CES 2014 - HRM Chess Tournament starring Magnus Carlsen |date=February 3, 2014 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2014-02-03}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
In February 2020, Schneider created a [[sudoku]]-based puzzle for [[Cracking the Cryptic]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4haLHzdtqg|title=World-Famous YouTuber Creates Genius Sudoku|date=February 5, 2020 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2020-07-24}}] |
|
In February 2020, Schneider created a [[sudoku]]-based puzzle for [[Cracking the Cryptic]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4haLHzdtqg|title=World-Famous YouTuber Creates Genius Sudoku|date=February 5, 2020 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2020-07-24}}] In March 2025, he solved a [[sudoku]]-based puzzle with Cracking the Cryptic.[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n23BHxpMjY0|title=YouTubers Solve Sudoku With Simon: Episode 3: Kurt Hugo Schneider|date=March 10, 2025 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2025-03-10}}] |
|
In March 2025, Schneider solved a [[sudoku]]-based puzzle with Cracking the Cryptic.[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n23BHxpMjY0|title=YouTubers Solve Sudoku With Simon: Episode 3: Kurt Hugo Schneider|date=March 10, 2025 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2025-03-10}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
==Personal life== |
|
==Personal life== |
|
He is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side.[{{cite web|title=my dad's family is all german and austrian|url=https://www.twitter.com/KurtHSchneider/status/35026456178335744|date=2011-02-08|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=2011-02-15}}] Schneider has an older sister who is a classical pianist.[{{cite web|title=older sister!|url=https://www.twitter.com/KurtHSchneider/status/35030546195292160|date=2011-02-08|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=2011-02-08}}]
|
|
Schneider is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side.[{{cite web|title=my dad's family is all german and austrian|url=https://www.twitter.com/KurtHSchneider/status/35026456178335744|date=2011-02-08|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=2011-02-15}}] Schneider has an older sister who is a classical pianist.[{{cite web|title=older sister!|url=https://www.twitter.com/KurtHSchneider/status/35030546195292160|date=2011-02-08|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=2011-02-08}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
In August 2019 Schneider got engaged to his girlfriend of 5 years, Patty Ho.[{{cite web |title=A year ago I got engaged to my best friend @pattyho9... the year has gone by so fast, and I can't wait for many many more ❤️ also can't wait to go travel again but for now stay safe at home everyone, much love! ❤️❤️ |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_G95uehC_n/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}] They were married in September 2021.[{{Cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj41byzzTqs|title=I PROPOSED in an ESCAPE ROOM.|date=August 10, 2019|type=YouTube video|language=en|publisher=Kurt Hugo Schneider}}] |
|
In August 2019, Schneider got engaged to his girlfriend of five years, Patty Ho.[{{cite web |title=A year ago I got engaged to my best friend @pattyho9... the year has gone by so fast, and I can't wait for many many more ❤️ also can't wait to go travel again but for now stay safe at home everyone, much love! ❤️❤️ |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_G95uehC_n/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}] They got married in September 2021.[{{Cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj41byzzTqs|title=I PROPOSED in an ESCAPE ROOM.|date=August 10, 2019|type=YouTube video|language=en|publisher=Kurt Hugo Schneider}}] |
|
|
|
|
|
==Discography== |
|
==Discography== |
|
{{Main|Sam Tsui discography}} |
|
{{Main|Sam Tsui discography}} |
|
|
|
|
The following is a list of singles released digitally to [[iTunes Store]] and recorded with artists other than [[Sam Tsui]]. |
|
The following is a list of singles released digitally to [[iTunes Store]] and recorded with artists other than [[Sam Tsui]]. |
|
|
|
|
Like
0
Dislike
0
Love
0
Funny
0
Angry
0
Sad
0
Wow
0
