Famous People with Name Heinz

Heinz Werner Zimmermann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Werner Zimmermann: is a German composer. Zimmermann had his first composition instruction from 1946 to 1948 with Julius Weismann and studied from 1950 to 1954 in Heidelberg with Wolfgang Fortner as well as at the Institut for Protestant Church Music there. After passing his examinations at the Freiburg Conservatory under Harald Genzmer, he became Fortner’s successor in Heidelberg. Here he maintained close contacts with the musicologist Thrasyboulos Georgiades, whose rhythm and language studies influenced him the most, along with his occupation with American spirituals and jazz. From 1963 to 1976 Heinz Werner Zimmermann was director of the Berlin Church-Music School in Spandau, and then from 1975 to 1996 as successor to Kurt Hessenberg as composition teacher at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (Brusniak 2001).

Heinz Plumanns            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Plumanns: was a German diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he finished eighth in the 3 metre springboard competition.

Heinz Rodinger            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Rodinger: is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Heinz Poenn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heinz Poenn: is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 35th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Heinz Büker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Büker: was a West German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the Unified Team of Germany.