Carole Dawn Reinhart

Carole Dawn Reinhart (born December 20, 1941) is an American musician. She is a trumpet soloist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Early life Reinhart was born on December 20, 1941, in Roselle, New Jersey, the daughter of C. O. Reinhart and Mabel Geiger Reinhart. Her mother, a trombonist, gave Reinhart her first brass lessons on the slide cornet aged two and a half years. By the age of seven she was playing trumpet duets with her brother, and also received scholarships to study music. At the age of sixteen she gave her first international concert in Toronto. In 1971 she moved to Berlin, where she performed with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and continued her international concert career. She recorded classical trumpet literature with the Munich Philharmonic and German Bach Soloists. In 1996 she ended her solo career, but continued to teach at the Vienna Music University until 2011.

During her career Reinhart was discriminated against because she was a woman. Critics were dismissive of her and often focused their reviews on her appearance rather than her musicality. The Trumpet Sounds of Carole Reinhart – Carole Dawn Reinhart – Zondervan Victory Recording (1965) Kompositionen für Trompete – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Jean-Claude Van den Eynden – Deutsche Grammophon (1973) Trompete – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, , German Bach Soloists, Helmut Winschermann, Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra, – Acanta (1976) Trompeten Konzerte – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Andreae – BASF (1976) Barock-Konzerte – Carole Dawn Reinhart, German Bach Soloists, Helmut Winschermann – Acanta (1977) Bläser-Divertimenti – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Bläserensemble Mainz, Jean Françaix – WERGO (1977) Trompete und festliche Arien – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Lucia Popp, Jorma Hynninen, Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra, Marinus Voorberg – Acanta (1979) Harald Genzmer: Kantate für Sopran, Trompete und Streicher / Konzert für Trompete und Streicher – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber – Colosseum (1983) Brass of Praise – Carole Dawn Reinhart (1984) The First Queen of Trumpet & Her Best Recordings – Carole Dawn Reinhart, Munich Philharmonic, Marc Andreae, German Bach Soloists, Helmut Winschermann, Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra, Marinus Voorberg – Acanta (2013)

Other recordings

Gottfried von Einem – Carinthischer Sommer – Austria Tabak Geistliche Sonate für Sopran, Trompete und Orgel, Op. 38, by Gottfried von Einem, with Arleen Auger (soprano) and Thomas Daniel Schlee (organ) The National Brass Band Festival, Royal Albert Hall, RCA (1976) Carnival of Venice by Del Staigers Danza Alegre by James Burke Das Goldene Sonntagskonzert 3, Acanta (1979) Hummel: Trumpet Concerto, third movement Rondo-Allegro, with Munich Philharmonic and Marc Andreae Virtuose Trompete, recordings also by Ludwig Güttler, Gerd Zapf, Maurice André, Guy Touvron, – Sonocord (1983) Hummel: Trumpet Concerto