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German organist
Renate Zimmermann
Birth nameRenate Marx
Born (1936-10-16) 16 October 1936 (age 88)
Berlin, Germany
InstrumentOrganist
SpouseHeinz Werner Zimmermann
Musical artist

Renate Zimmermann (born 16 October 1936 in Berlin) is a German organist.

Zimmermann (née Marx) studied organ in Heidelberg and Cologne. She received her first job as a lecturer for musical improvisation at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule.

In 1977 she took over a professorship for organ playing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In addition, she continued to teach in Berlin-Spandau and Heidelberg and, since 1985, as a guest lecturer at the Detmold Academy of Music.

In 1988 she was awarded the first full-time professorship for organ improvisation in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.

Since her retirement, Zimmermann has given numerous courses in Germany, England, America, Korea and China.

Zimmermann was married to the composer Heinz Werner Zimmermann (d. 2022).

References

  1. Profile of Renate Zimmermann
  2. Heinz Werner Zimmermann: Komposition und Kontemplation. Schneider, Tutzung 2000, ISBN 3-7952-1013-5, p. XVII.
  3. Der Kirchenmusiker. Mitteilungen der Zentralstelle für evangelische Kirchenmusik. Volume 27, 1976, p. 100.
  4. Quintett, Nr. 15, November 2008, p. 24, retrieved on 6 April 2020.
  5. Frankfurter Neue Presse: Zur Person. Ein Komponist von Weltrang, retrieved on 6 April 2020.

External links

Literature by and about Renate Zimmermann in the German National Library catalogue

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