Prof. Inge Rosar, Germany

Inge Rosar studied music education in the piano class of Prof. Walter Blankenheim at the University of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and completed her studies with the concert exam. She won awards in many competitions, such as: 1st prize in the International Bach Competition, Paris, France (1983); 1st prize for two pianos in the International Piano Duo Competition “Carlo Soliva”, Moncalieri, Italy, 1986; the Master Players Prize in the International Piano Duo Competition, Lugano, Switzerland, 1989.

She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and Lied accompanist in Europe, Russia, the USA, Argentina, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia.
In 1992, together with Prof. Walter Blankenheim, Inge organised the 1st International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Germany (which took place at the University of music in Saarbrücken). In 1998, Inge was asked to become a jury member of this competition. From 2007 to 2016, she was artistic and administrative director and chair of the competition jury. Since 2016, the International Piano Competition J. S. Bach in Memoriam Walter Blankenheim, Germany has been jointly organised by Inge Rosar (Co-chair of the Jury) and Dr Kirill Monorosi (Artistic director and Co-chair of the Jury). In 2020, Inge and Kirill founded the International Online Play Bach Competition for children and students.

From 2001 until her retirement in 2020, Inge was Professor of Piano and Didactics/Methodology at the Würzburg University of Music. In April 2020, together with Kirill and Olaf Krüger, she founded the International Johann Sebastian Bach Academy in memory of Walter Blankenheim, which offers online seminars on Bach interpretation and online lessons.

In January 2012, her article “Problems and Opportunities: Designing the Piano Works of
J. S. Bach on the Modern Piano” was published and was featured in the book The Pianist’s Craft. Mastering the Works of Great Composers published by Scarecrow Press in the USA.
From 2012 Inge Rosar and Dr Kirill Monorosi gave a number of master classes and lectures in universities in Europe, Russia, USA, Argentina, South Korea, and Australia. From 2012 Inge Rosar began recording piano works by J. S. Bach, and has so far recorded 12 CDs, some of which appear with an interpretive edition of J. S. Bach’s scores, indicating structures, articulations, fingerings, and dynamics. The scores are published by La Folia Music Publications, Sydney.