Renz, Hans-Martin 05/18/1948

Even as a little boy I asked myself again and again why music sounds so beautiful. I wanted to be able to do that once. Having grown up in a musical family in Swabian Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, I experienced encouragement and joy very early on while singing and playing. My parents gave me a good basic musical education, my teachers at school music lessons and during my studies always had patience with me. My sincere thanks to all of them. So my career choice was not to be thought without music: I studied sound engineering at the ''Robert Schumann Conservatory'' and at the ''Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences'' and then found a job at German Radio in Cologne. In many music productions of classical music of all epochs it was always a wonderful experience to see and hear a piece of music being created and played by the best soloists and orchestras of our day. Also privately I remained faithful to music and performed chamber music and lay orchestra violin or viola. In addition, I have made arrangements and attempts at composition which I have been able to refine more and more by listening to and playing music even if this is epigonism (imitation of musical models). Now,as a retiree, I have decided to publish my mostly unplayed works. Today I sing with enthusiasm in a church choir. Unfortunately, my age and work-related hearing loss does not allow any more.