As a pupil of
Artur Schnabel, Riebensahm was a proven
Beethoven player. He often included
Paul Hindemith and the forgotten in his program. In 1955, at Königsberg's 700th anniversary celebration in
Duisburg he played the
Nature Trilogy by
Heinz Tiessen and - as world premiere - the
Piano Sonata in a Movement by . In 1949 he became professor at the
Berlin University of the Arts. There and
Theodor Breu was one of his students. Riebensahm was (accompanist) by
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He played works by Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt as a
soloist between 1956 and 1972 in twelve subscription concerts of the
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by . == Bibliography ==