Rainer Kussmaul, violin, was born in Mannheim as a son of a musical family, received his first violin lessons from his father and then studied with Riccardo Odnoposoff. 

Rainer Kussmaul performs worldwide as a soloist and as a member of the Stuttgart Piano Trio, formed in 1968. Rainer Kussmaul was a prize-holder at numerous international violin competitions. Between his