Heinz Rögner
Heinz Rogner ( born January 16, 1929 in Leipzig, † December 10, 2001 ) was a German opera and concert conductor.
Life
He studied from 1947-1951 at Hugo Steurer (piano), Egon Bölsche (conducting ) and Otto crediting light (viola). From 1947-1951 he was a coach and conductor at the German National Theatre Weimar. From 1954 Rögner was lecturer in conducting and opera school at the University of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. 1958-1962 he held the position of chief conductor at the Grand Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1962 he was appointed as General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. From 1973-1993 Heinz Rogner was principal conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Guest performances have taken him to many European music centers as well as to Japan. For his work as a teacher of conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin him the title of professor was conferred.
Importance
Heinz Rogner has significantly influenced the style and high sound culture of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. He was able to secure this orchestra in the national and international music scene a front seat. No conductor before and after him was such a long time head of the orchestra. His vast experience as a pianist and conductor were highly appreciated, and the wide range of his repertoire as an opera and concert conductor enabled him to virtually all musical genres to dominate sovereign. His conducting style was correct, precise, and well understood by the musicians and singers. Rögner preference was the composer of the late Romantic period, but especially Bruckner, Mahler and Reger. As a university teacher, he passed on his knowledge and skill to many students on. In the years between 1980 and 1995 he was a frequent and welcome guest of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, of which he was honorary conductor. Heinz Rogner left a large number of important records and broadcast recordings of the operatic and concert literature.
Awards
- National Prize of the GDR