Roswitha Lohmer - Short Biography
The pianist was born at Leverkusen, and the foundation of her studies of music was laid by the piano pedagogue Pauline Raphael in Cologne. One of the artist's first public appearances dates back to her 17th year
when she played the solo part in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1. After Roswitha Lohmer had passed the
A-level examination she took up her studies at the conservatories of Munich, Hamburg and Cologne.
With a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service she took courses in Italy, Switzerland and Portugal among others with the maestros G. Agosti, M. Horszowski. R. Firkusny and in particular, by her contact with the Czech pianist and composer Josef Pálenícek.
Roswitha Lohmer´s engagements as piano soloist reach far beyond the German borders, including countries such as Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kirgisistan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Ukraine, Usbekistan, the United Arabic Emirates and the U.S.A..
The artist went on a concert tour through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with the Thuringia Philharmonic
Orchestra. She had given solo performances in the Baltic States several times. She was also on four solo
tours in China, with piano recitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Hanzhou. Subsequently, the artist was
invited to give concerts together with the Chinese Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing. Apart from
other orchestras, Roswitha Lohmer performed as soloist with the Romanian National Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, the Orquestra do Norte in Portugal, the Zaporozhye Symphony Orchestra, the State
Orchestra St. Petersburg, the Latvian Chamber Orchestra in Riga, the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Orkiestra Filharmonii Wroclawskiej and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
She has recorded several CDs such as Rachmaninow´s Piano Concerto No. 2 together with the Thuringia
Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven´s Piano Concertos # 4 and # 5 with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of Emil Tabakov and Brahms´ - Piano Concerto # 2 with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra also under the baton of Emil Tabakov.
A few months ago she has recorded Mozart´s Piano Concerto D minor K.V. 466 and Piano Concerto E
flat major K.V 271 with the Chamber Orchestra Orpheus in Sofia.
CD-Recordings
PMP 90 91 - 0
Thorophon 21 45
PMP 92 92 - 1
PMP 95 95 - 2
PMP 98 98 - 3
PMP 99 99 - 4
PMP 01 01 - 5
PMP 01 02 - 6
PMP 02 01 - 6
PMP 02 02 - 8
Rachmaninow - Piano Concerto # 2 in c-minor - Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra – Olaf Koch
Erdmann - Concertino for Piano and small Orchestra - Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra - Olaf Koch
Janácek - Solo Piano Compositions: Sonata "October 1, 1905" (Presentiment - Death). "In the Mist"
(1911/1912), "On the Overgrown Path", "Recollection"
Liszt - "12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante"
Chopin - Etudes No. 1 - 24
Beethoven - Piano Concerto # 4 & # 5 - Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra - Emil Tabakov
Beethoven - Sonate Nr. 12 As-Dur op. 26, “Appassionata”, “Waldsteinsonate”
Brahms – Piano Concerto # 2 - Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra - Emil Tabakov
Chopin, Liszt & Brahms: “Romantische Klaviermusik”
Mozart - Piano Concertoes KV 466 & KV 271 - Kammerensemble Orpheus, Sofia - Raicho Christov