Renate Kretschmar-Fischer

Renate Kretschmar-Fischer (born June 1, 1925 in Lüdenscheid ; † September 4, 2016 in Hamburg ) was a German pianist and piano professor at the Detmold University of Music .

Life

After the war, Renate Kretschmar-Fischer first studied medicine in Greifswald and then music at what was then the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold, now the Detmold University of Music . She was trained as a pianist in Prof. Conrad Hansen's master class . She was a long-term scholarship holder at the Music Summer School in Bryanston in England, where Artur Schnabel, Monique Haas, George Enescu, Nadja Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky taught.

After her exams, Renate Kretschmar-Fischer gave concerts as a soloist, chamber music partner and song accompanist and was appointed professor for piano as an artistic major at the Detmold University of Music. In her more than 40 years at this university, she has taught young pianists from numerous countries, for example Birgitta Wollenweber , Peter Kreutz , Christian Köhn, Matthias Kirschnereit , Heidrun Holtmann , Stephan Imorde , Babette Dorn , Constantin Alex , Beatrice Berthold , Caroline Weichert, Volker Banfield and Silke-Thora Matthies , many of whom now teach as professors themselves. She was one of the leading piano teachers of our time, was a member of the jury of numerous national and international competitions and led masterclasses in Europe and Japan. She was a member of the Honorary Presidium of the International Chopin Society.

Renate Kretschmar-Fischer was married to the concert and oratorio singer Helmut Kretschmar .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mourning for Renate Kretschmar-Fischer. Detmold University of Music, September 7, 2016, accessed on September 7, 2016 .