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

Renate Zimmermann (born 16 October 1936[1] in Berlin) is a German organist.

Zimmermann (née Marx)[2] studied organ in Heidelberg and Cologne. She received her first job as a lecturer for musical improvisation at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule.[3]

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.[citation needed]

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

Since her retirement, Zimmermann has given numerous courses in Germany, England, America, Korea and China.[4]

Zimmermann was married to the composer Heinz Werner Zimmermann (d. 2022).[5]

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.

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