Reimar Dahlgrün (7 April 1914 – 16 April 1982) was a German pianist, professor at the

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (german: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, italics=unset, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating ...

and journalist.Hugo Thielen: ''Dahlgrün''.

Life

Born in Hanover during the Weimar Republic, Dahlgrün attended the Hanoverian and passed his

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there. During the Nazi era, he studied from 1933 to 1938 at the "Städtische Konservatorium" (today

) as well as at the Universität der Künste Berlin,Hugo Thielen: ''Dahlgrün''. where, among other things, he took piano lessons with

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and

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

with Walther Gmeindl After the end of the Second World War and even before the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dahlgrün led a piano class at the Municipal Conservatory in Hanover from 1946 onwards and performed at the piano and as piano accompanist. At the time of the reconstruction of the city, 48 % of which was destroyed by the bombing of Hanover in World War II, the ''Filmtheater'' was opened on Kröpcke 1953 with a festive prelude by Dahlgrün on Grand piano. From 1959, Dahlgrün was promoted to professor at the Municipal Conservatory and headed the department solo class there. He initiated the international exchange of the Hanoverian Academy of Music with institutes in cities such as Brussels, Copenhagen and Milan. The musician was in demand as a jury for music competitions and published in numerous professional journals. Dahlgrün was temporarily chairman of the

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as well as the Lower Saxony state committee of the Jugend musiziert. He was also chairman of the Association of Liberal Professions in the State of Lower Saxony. From 1964, Dahlgrün was politically active in the

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(FDP). He was a candidate for the local elections in Lower Saxony in 1964 as well as for the

1965 West German federal election Federal elections were held in West Germany on 19 September 1965 to elect the members of the 5th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU remained the largest faction, while the Social Democratic Party remained the largest single party in the Bundestag, winning ...

unsuccessfully on the Lower Saxony State list according to files in the

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of the

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. As a long-standing member of the "Hannoversche Künstlerverein"(HKV), an association for artist, , Dahlgrün was its chairman from 1966 until his death in 1982. His successor at the HKV was Gotthard Kronstein.Hugo Thielen: ''Kronstein, Gotthard.'' In ''Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon'', . Dahlgrün died in Hanover at the age of 68.

Honours

* Reimar Dahlgrün was awarded the Officer cross of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium. * Dahlgrün was appointed honorary citizen of the city of

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in Texas.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlgrun, Reimar Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover German opinion journalists Free Democratic Party (Germany) politicians Officers of the Order of Leopold II 1914 births 1982 deaths Musicians from Hanover

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