Heinz Rögner (16 January 1929 – 10 December 2001) was a German conductor. He was born in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

. Rögner was a student of

Hugo Steurer Hugo Steurer (1914–2004) was a German pianist and teacher. Steurer made his debut in 1934. He was considered one of Germany's leading interpreters of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano music. In 1953–58 Hugo Steurer taught at the University of Musi ...

(piano), Egon Bölsche (conducting) and Otto Gutschlicht (viola). From 1947 to 1951, he was a repetiteur and ''kapellmeister'' at the conductor at the

Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar The (DNT) is a German theatre and musical organisation based in Weimar. It is a twin institution, consisting of the theatrical (German National Theatre, now solely based in Weimar) and the symphony orchestra known as the . It has a total of ...

. In 1954, he became a lecturer in conducting and opera at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. He was also a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler. From 1958 to 1962, Rögner was chief conductor of the Leipzig Radio Orchestra. From 1973 to 1993, he was chief conductor of the

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (''Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. The orchestra has also ...

. In 1984, he became chief conductor of the

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,''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory'', Volume One (2000/2001). Cummings, David (ed.); Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), p. 548. and in 1990 took the title of permanent guest conductor.

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Klassik.com German language CD review, 5 November 2003
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