标题：Kurt Hugo Schneider
个人简介
Kurt Hugo Schneider (born September 7, 1988) isan American video editor, musician, singer and  
songwriter, whose primary medium is YouTube music videos. He produces music videos for Sam Tsui, including the musical medley videos in which Sam Tsui sings as a one-man choir. His blend of musical and technical skills have been sought after by other musicians and organizations.
Kurt Hugo Schneider（生于1988年9月7日）美国视频编辑师，音乐家，歌手和作词者，主要在YouTube上发布音乐视频。他帮助Sam Tsui制作了音乐视频，包括Sam Tsui一个人饰演多个角色的音乐混合视频。一些其他音乐家及歌手欣赏他的音乐混合技术而找他合作。
背景 Background
Schneider 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 Wissahickon High School. He is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side. Kurt has an older sister. He graduated from Yale University in 2010 with a degree in mathematics. Schneider is also a chess master and played for Yale's chess team.
Kurt Schneider 成长于宾夕法尼亚州的Blue Bell，费城的郊区，他曾经住的地方离Sam Tsui只隔了一条街，后者上了Wissahickon高中才认识他。他继承了父亲的德国和奥地利血统。Kurt有一个姐姐。他在大学期间主修数学，在2010年从耶鲁大学毕业。Kurt也是一个国际象棋高手，他参加了耶鲁大学的象棋队。
事业 Career
Collaboration with Sam TsuiSchneider began collaborating with Tsui while both were in high school and continued while they were at Yale;Schneider matriculated a year before. He produced videos of Tsui singing covers and medleys, and has since made an online musical series (College Musical) and produced original songs.
They first garnered media attention with a video of a Michael Jackson medley. This video remains the 3rd most viewed (more than 28 million) on Schneider's YouTube channel KurtHugoSchneider,which has over 345 million total views and more than a million subscribers.This medley is one of several in which Schneider, using video editing, createsthe illusion of a one-man a cappella choir, with Tsui covering lead and backing vocals, playing multiple versions of himself. Their medley videos have been described by Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones, The viral videos led to a few appearances on national television, including The OprahWinfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On February 3, 2011, Schneider'svideo of Tsui covering Hold It Against Me, in which Tsui sang and played thepiano with Schneider on percussion, was featured on Britney Spears' official website.
The popularity of their videos has encouraged the duo to branch out to other projects. Shooting for an independent film, College Musical: The Movie, based upon their online musical series, has been completed in the summer of 2010 and the film is currently in post-production. A series of behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, filmed and narrated by Nick Uhas, has been released on YouTube. Since September 2010, Schneider and Tsui have also begun to release videos of original songs.与Sam Tsui的合作Kurt Schneider和Sam Tsui的合作从高中是就开始了，之后一直延续到他们俩都到了耶鲁；Kurt早一年被Yale录取。他制作了Sam Tsui的翻唱MV并且后期制作了混合效果，后来，他还制作了一系列在线音乐（College Musical）也同时制作了很多原创歌曲。
他们第一次媒体关注是因为制作了翻唱Michael Jackson的歌曲串烧MV。这个视频在Kurt Schneider的YouTube频道（KurtHugoSchneider）的浏览量超过了2800万。总共有3.45亿观看者，和超过百万的订阅者。这个混合MV是Schneider利用视频编辑，创造了由七个Sam Tsui同台演唱，分别完成不同的和声部分。时代周刊评论他们的视频就像是欢乐合唱团和克隆人的进攻的混合体。这些视频就像病毒一样传播到一些国家电视台。包括奥普拉脱口秀和艾伦德杰尼勒斯秀。2011年2月3号，Schneider制作了Sam Tsui翻唱Hold It Against Me的MV，Sam唱歌和演奏钢琴，Schneider使用敲打乐器。这个视频则上了小甜甜布兰妮的官方主页。
制作MV受到的超高人气鼓舞了他们去其他项目发展。拍摄独立的电影，College Musical:The Movie，以大学音乐剧为主题的一系列电影，已经在2010年的夏天拍摄完成正在后期制作中。一系列的幕后画面，录音以及旁白都由Nick Uhas制作，并且已经发布在YouTube。2010年9月之后，Schneider 和Sam Tsui开始发布一些他们原创的歌曲。
其他工作 Other works
Schneider has also made music videos in collaboration with other artists. Popular videos include a Miley Cyrus medley sung by Christina Grimmie, a duet between Tsui and Grimmie singing Just A Dream(the most viewed video on 'KurtHugoScheider'), and a Starcraft-themed parody video, with Husky, of Baby. He has also recently parodied the infamous"Friday" known as "Void Rays". In addition he has collaborated with Tiffany Alvord on a Taylor Swift Medley and Matisse on a Medley of Rihanna songs. He has also collaborated with Max Schneider on anumber of occasions. Schneider was also an associate producer for a musical admissions video for Yale, which features a cast consisting of Tsui and fellow Yale students.
Kurt Schneider也和其他一些音乐人合作音乐MV，一些比较受欢迎的MV有和Christina Grimmie合作翻唱Miley Cyrus的歌曲串烧，Sam Tsui和Christina Grimmie一起翻唱Just A Dream（KurtHugoScheider播放次数最多的视频）还有一些和Husky(星际2解说)一起制作的暴雪游戏主题的恶搞歌曲比如[1]恶搞Justin Bieber的Baby，还有根据Friday重新填词的恶搞歌曲[2]。此外，他还和Tiffany Alvord合作演唱Taylor Swift的歌曲串烧。和Matisse合作演唱Rihanna的歌曲串烧。他还和Max Schneider合作过多次。Kurt Schneider也是一位制作耶鲁大学音乐迎新生视频的助理制片人，这个视频中也有Sam Tsui和一切其他耶鲁在校生表演。