Reinhard Schmid was born in Munich in 1966. He studied double bass at the Munich Music Academy where he received his Bachelor and Masters degrees. While studying, he did free-lance work, which included, among others, playing in the stage orchestra for the Gärtnerplatz Theater‘s production of „The Fiddler on the Roof“
From 1996-1998 he was engaged at the Philharmonic Orchestra in Nuremberg. As of 1998 he has a position with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.