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With Prof. Dr. Eckart Altenmüller

born in Rottweil am Neckar, received his first piano lessons at the age of 6 and flute lessons at the age of 7. After studying medicine in Tübingen, Paris and Freiburg and simultaneously studying music at the Freiburg University of Music with Aurèle Nicolet, Andre Jaunet and William Bennett, he completed his doctorate in 1983 and passed his final artistic examination in flute in 1985. Since then, he has performed as a chamber musician and soloist in Switzerland and abroad.
After working as an assistant and senior physician and completing his habilitation in neurology, Prof. Altenmüller was Director of the Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine at HMTM Hannover from 1994-2024. Here he was primarily concerned with music physiology issues relating to the neurobiology of practicing, the effects of music, auditory memory and the emotions triggered by music. He has authored over 300 publications, is a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards, including the Science Prize of the State of Lower Saxony, the Betty and David Koetser Prize for Brain Research and the Neuroscience of Music Award from the Mariani Foundation. He has been emeritus since April 2024 and is devoting more time to his concert activities. He also organizes workshops on music physiology topics.

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You can register for the lecture at lecture@livemusicnow-hamburg.de