Renate Zimmermann (born 16 October 1936^[1] in Berlin) is a German organist.

Zimmermann (née Marx)^[2] studied organ in Heidelberg and Cologne. She received her first job as a lecturer for musical improvisation at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule.^[3]

In 1977 she took over a professorship for organ playing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In addition, she continued to teach in Berlin-Spandau and Heidelberg and, since 1985, as a guest lecturer at the Detmold Academy of Music.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988 she was awarded the first full-time professorship for organ improvisation in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.^{[citation needed]}

Since her retirement, Zimmermann has given numerous courses in Germany, England, America, Korea and China.^[4]

Zimmermann was married to the composer Heinz Werner Zimmermann (d. 2022).^[5]

Literature by and about Renate Zimmermann in the German National Library catalogue