Kurt Hugo Schneider

Kurt Hugo Schneider is an American musician, singer, song writer and YouTube celebrity. As of November 2013, Kurt Hugo Schneider's YouTube channel has over 3.5 million views and over 719 million video views.

Biography
Kurt Hugo Schneider was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 7, 1988. He is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side. Schneider grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he lived just a street away from Sam Tsui. They met while attending Wissahickon High School. Schneider graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 2010 with a degree in mathematics and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Schneider also became a chess master at the age 15, and played for Yale's chess team.

YouTube
Kurt created his YouTube account KurtHugoSchneider on October 15, 2007. He uploaded his first video, titled "HSM3 - Can I Have This Dance (cover) w/CHORDS" on October 27, 2008.

Kurt's most popular video, titled ""Just A Dream" by Nelly - Sam Tsui & Christina Grimmie", is a cover of Nelly's song of same title. As of November 2013, it has over 72 million views.

Trivia
Kurt Schneider has an older sister who is a classical pianist.