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Eckart Altenmüller

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Eckart Altenmüller
Altenmüller in 2018
Born19 December 1955
NationalityGerman
Alma materEberhard-Karls-Universität
OccupationPhysician

Eckart Altenmüller (born 19 December 1955) is a German physician and musician and one of the leading researchers in the field of neurophysiology and neuropsychology of musicians.

Life

Born in Rottweil, Altenmüller studied medicine in Eberhard-Karls-Universität and Hôtel-Dieu in Paris from 1974 to 1981 and music at the Musikhochschule Freiburg from 1979 to 1985 (mainly flute). After receiving his doctorate in medicine from the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg, he also trained as a specialist in neurology.[1]

Since 1994, Altenmüller has been a university professor and director of the Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine [de] at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.[2]

Since 2005, Altenmüller has been a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2013, he was awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize [de].[3]

From 2005 to 2011, he was president and vice-president from 2011 to 2018, of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Musikphysiologie und Musikermedizin [de].[4]

Awards

Works

Books

  • Edited with Claudia Spahn [de] and Bernhard Richter: MusikerMedizin: Diagnostik, Therapie und Prävention von musikerspezifischen Erkrankungen.[7] Schattauer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-7945-6364-7.
  • Neurologische Erkrankungen bei Musikern. Springer 2002 ISBN 978-3642370007.
  • Vom Neandertal in die Philharmonie: Warum der Mensch ohne Musik nicht leben kann Springer 2018 ISBN 978-3827416810.

CDs

  • Neurobiologie und -psychologie starker Emotionen – Lachen und Weinen in der Musik. Auditorium Netzwerk Müllheim

DVDs

  • Warum wir Musik lieben: Zur Neurobiologie der Sprache des Gefühls. Auditorium Verlag Müllheim

References

  1. ^ Eckart Altenmüller on Researchgate.net
  2. ^ Eckart Altenmüller on Conservatoriumvanamsterdam
  3. ^ Eckart Altenmüller on Hmtm-hannover
  4. ^ Eckart Altenmüller publications on Cairn.info
  5. ^ "Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Eckart Altenmüller". Homepage des Instituts für Musikphysiologie und Musiker-Medizin der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ Eckart Altenmüller, Institut für Musikphysiologie und Musiker-Medizin, Germany: Apollo's gift and curse: Acquisition and loss of skilled movements in musicians on Cirmmt.org
  7. ^ MusikerMedizin: Diagnostik, Therapie und Prävention von musikerspezifischen Erkrankungen on WorldCat