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The German trumpeter, Rita Arkenau-Sanden, received her first trumpet lessons at the Musikschule in Bergisch-Gladbach with Ursula Pillmann. She began her studies in instrumental pedagogy in 1989 at the Musikhochschule in Köln with Professor Stanko Selak. After graduating in 1993, she continued her studies at the Folkwang-Musikhochschule in Essen in the subject of orchestral music with Professor Wolfgang Pohle (final artistic examination in 1995). This was followed by artistic training with Professor Günther Beetz at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim.
In 1997, Rita Arkenau was appointed principal trumpeter with the Lüneburger Symphonikern. From 1997 to 1998 she was also a member of the Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie and played on the anniversary tour through Europe and Russia under the conductor Rudolf Barshai. In 1999 she completed her studies at the Mannheimer Musikhochschule with the "Konzertexamen". She took part in master-classes with Professor Konradin Groth (Berliner Philharmoniker), Anton Gryzar (Graz), Professor Günther Beetz (Mannheim) and Professor Friedemann Immer, Baroque trumpet (Cologne and Amsterdam).
Over the years, with a view to early music, the Baroque trumpet has become a further focus in addition to orchestral service. After completing her contract studies for Baroque trumpet with Professor Friedemann Immer at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2010), she completed her baroque trumpet studies at the Musikhochschule Köln in the Institut für Alte Musik in spring 2013 with a Master of Music degree. In her master's thesis she dealt with the topic "The music of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin princely house in the 18th century".
Rita Arkenau also works as a freelance music teacher and from 2002 to 2016 was a lecturer at the Hamburger Konservatorium in the subject trumpet and in the subject methodology/didactics. In 2019, due to her studies, her teaching qualification for music for high schools for secondary schools I and II was recognized.
As a soloist Rita Arkenau was and is with the Baden-Badener Philharmonie, Kammerorchester der Stadt Heidelberg, Collegium Musicale Essen, Lüneburger Symphonikern, in Kölner Dom with Professor Clemens Ganz, in Altenberger Dom with cathedral organist Rolf Müller and in Bremer Dom Professor Stephen Leuthold, Dr. Tobias Gravenhorst and Professor Wolfgang Baumgratz. International solo concerts have taken her to Estonia, Sweden, Poland and Switzerland with trumpet and organ. |
