Organist and pianist Renata Bauer completed her primary education and, at the age of 16, graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Maribor, where she studied under the pianist and harpsichordist Janko Šetinc. At the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, she studied piano with Tanja Zrimšek and Zdenka Novak, and organ with Hubert Bergant. In 1984, she graduated with distinction in both instruments. She completed her piano specialisation with Olga Jovanović in Belgrade, and her organ specialisation with Hubert Bergant in 1995. She concluded her postgraduate studies with a solo recital featuring works by Max Reger on the Schuke organ in the Gallus Hall at Cankarjev dom.
She has been teaching the organ at the Academy of Music since 2000. To date, 30 students and two postgraduate specialists have graduated from her class. In 2001, she was chair of the jury at the 5th European Competition for Young Organists in Ljubljana; in 2005 and 2007, she was a member of the jury at the National Competition for Young Musicians in the organ category in Croatia (Varaždin, Zagreb); and in 2007 she was a member of the jury at the Czech and Slovak Young Organists’ Competition. In addition to Slovenia, she has given solo organ recitals in England, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as at organ festivals in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Italy. She also performs in chamber ensembles and with choirs, playing the organ and the piano.