Heinz Rögner (16 January 1929 – 10 December 2001) was a German
conductor. He was born in
Leipzig
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.
Rögner was a student of
Hugo Steurer (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), or German National Theater and Weimar State Orchestra, is the most significant arts organization in Weimar. The institution unites the (German National Theater) with the (Weimar State Orchestra). It plays on a total of six stages ...
. 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 a ...
. In 1984, he became chief conductor of the
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
The is a Japanese symphony orchestra administratively based in Tokyo. The orchestra primarily performs concerts in Tokyo at the Suntory Hall, but also gives concerts at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and also performs in Yokohama at the Yokoha ...
,
[''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.
References
External links
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Klassik.com German language CD review, 5 November 2003
German male conductors (music)
1929 births
2001 deaths
Musicians from Leipzig
20th-century German conductors (music)
20th-century German male musicians
Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
Chief conductors of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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