Rolf-Dieter Arens (born 16 February 1945) is a German University professor and pianist. From 2001 to 2010 he was Rector of the

Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding o ...

Life

Arens was born in . He received his first piano lessons at the age of five and completed his studies at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

from 1963 to 1968 with H. Volger (piano) and L. Schuster (

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

). From 1970 to 1986 he taught piano in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

and

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

, from 1986 until his retirement in 2011 he was full professor for piano at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar. In 1987 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition. From 1986 to 1991 he was a soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. In 1995 he founded the ''Kammermusikvereinigung Weimarer Solisten''.Rolf-Dieter Arenson
on AllMusic Arens has been President of the since 2011.

Awards

* 1982:

Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic (German: ''Kunstpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik'') was an East German state award bestowed on individuals for contributions in various fields of art. History The Art Prize was annually a ...

* 2014:

Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia The Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia () is the highest order which is bestowed by the Free State of Thuringia. The number of living holders of the order is limited to 300 persons. Notable recipients * Iris von Arnim * Rolf-Dieter Ar ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arens, Rolfdieter 1945 births Living people People from Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 20th-century German male classical pianists 20th-century German classical pianists