Roland Büchner
# Roland Büchner

Roland Büchner (born 16 February 1954) is a German church musician and conductor. He has been the director (Domkapellmeister [de]) at the Regensburg Cathedral, conducting the boys' choir Regensburger Domspatzen.

## Career

Born in Karlstadt, Büchner studied at the Fachakademie für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikerziehung [de] in Regensburg and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, with Diethard Hellmann, Godehard Joppich [de], Franz Lehrndorfer and Gerhard Weinberger [de] among others.

He has been from 1994 Domkapellmeister at the Regensburg Cathedral, succeeding Georg Ratzinger. The boys' choir Regensburger Domspatzen (literally: Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows) performs in the liturgy at the cathedral every Sunday during school time, and in concert internationally. Büchner was appointed honorary professor in Regensburg in 2009.

