The pianist was born at Leverkusen, and the foundation of her studies of music was laid by the piano pedagogue Pauline Raphael in Cologne. One of the artist's first public appearances dates back to her 17th year when she played the solo part in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1. After Roswitha Lohmer had passed the A-level examination she took up her studies at the conservatories of Munich, Hamburg and Cologne.
With a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service she took courses in Italy, Switzerland and Portugal among others with the maestros G. Agosti, M. Horszowski. R. Firkusny and in particular, by her contact with the Czech pianist and composer Josef Pálenícek.
Roswitha Lohmer's engagements as piano soloist reach far beyond the German borders, including countries such as Argentinia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kirgisistan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, Uruguay, Ukraine, Usbekistan, the United Arabic Emirates, Venezuela and the U.S.A..
The artist went on a concert tour through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra. She had given solo performances in the Baltic States several times. She was also on four solo tours in China, with piano recitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Hanzhou. Subsequently, the artist was invited to give concerts together with the Chinese Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing. Apart from other orchestras, Roswitha Lohmer performed as soloist with the Romanian National Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, the Orquestra do Norte in Portugal, the Zaporozhye Symphony Orchestra, the State Orchestra St. Petersburg, the Latvian Chamber Orchestra in Riga, the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Orkiestra Filharmonii Wroclawskiej and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
Roswitha Lohmer visited the USA, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Russia and Japan and gave concerts amongst others in Washington DC, Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Tokyo. Here she has been invited by the German Embassy to play a recital as the closing event of the 150 th anniversary of the German-Japanese relationship. The concert took place in the presence of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Naruhito.
In the last couple of years she gave concerts further international concerts, like in Venezuela. Roswitha Lohmer played a recital, which was organized by the Humboldt-Institut in cooperation with the German embassy in Caracas. In a memorial concert for the magnificent Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreno she performed together with the symphonic orchestra of Maracaibo Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 5.
