Reiner Dennewitz

Reiner Dennewitz is a German composer.

Life

Dennewitz was born in Sundhausen. After the Abitur he passed at the Schnepfenthal Salzmann School, he studied composition with and piano with Siegfried Rapp at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. Afterwards he was a master student for composition with Fritz Geißler at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He then worked as a music teacher and freelance composer. His compositions were performed by the Thomanerchor and Canzonetta Chamber Choir Leipzig, among others. He created solo songs, chamber music, orchestral works and choral music.

Awards

1976: 3rd prize for chamber music at the GDR Music Days
1980: Art Prize of the Gera District
1983: Hanns Eisler Prize of the DDR radio station