Renate Zimmermann

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

Née Marx, Zimmermann[1] studied organ in Heidelberg and Cologne. She received her first job as a lecturer for musical improvisation at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule.[2]

In 1977 she took over a professorship for organ playing at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main. 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.[3]

Zimmermann is married to the composer Heinz Werner Zimmermann.[4]

References
  1. Heinz Werner Zimmermann: Komposition und Kontemplation. Schneider, Tutzung 2000, ISBN 3-7952-1013-5, p. XVII.
  2. Der Kirchenmusiker. Mitteilungen der Zentralstelle für evangelische Kirchenmusik. Volume 27, 1976, p. 100.
  3. Quintett, Nr. 15, November 2008, p. 24, retrieved on 6 April 2020.
  4. 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

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