Eckart Altenmüller
Eckart Altenmüller (born December 19, 1955 in Rottweil ) is a German doctor and musician and one of the leading researchers in the field of neurophysiology and neuropsychology of musicians.
Life
Altenmüller studied medicine from 1974 to 1981 in Tübingen and Paris and from 1979 to 1985 music at the Freiburg University of Music (majoring in flute ). After graduating as Dr. med. The University of Freiburg also trained as a specialist in neurology .
Since 1994 Altenmüller has been a university professor and director of the "Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine " (IMMM) at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media .
Altenmüller has been a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 2005 . In 2013 he was awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize.
From 2005 to 2011 he was President, 2011–2018 Vice President of the German Society for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine .
Works
Books
- ed. with Claudia Spahn and Bernhard Richter: Musicians Medicine: Diagnosis, therapy and prevention of music-specific diseases . Schattauer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-7945-6364-7 .
- Neurological diseases in musicians . Springer 2002 ISBN 978-3642370007 .
- From the Neandertal to the Philharmonie: Why man cannot live without music Springer 2018 ISBN 978-3827416810 .
CDs
- Neurobiology and Psychology of Strong Emotions - Laughing and Crying in Music . Auditorium Network Muellheim
DVDs
- Why We Love Music: On the Neurobiology of the Language of Feelings . Auditorium Verlag Muellheim
Web links
- Interview with Eckart Altenmüller about his research (Latest Thinking)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altenmüller, Eckart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and university professor specializing in music diseases |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottweil |