Eckart Altenmüller

Eckart Altenmüller studied at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. The recorded working language is German and English. The field of work recorded is neurophysiology, neuropsychology and musicology. Employment is recorded with Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Distinctions recorded are Science Award of Lower Saxony.

• Name — Eckart Altenmüller • Born — 19 December 1955 • Education — Eberhard-Karls-Universität • Occupation — Physician

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. Since 1994, Altenmüller has been a university professor and director of the Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Since 2005, Altenmüller has been a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2013, he was awarded the Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen. From 2005 to 2011, he was president and vice-president from 2011 to 2018, of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Musikphysiologie und Musikermedizin.

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

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

Eckart Altenmüller worked in neurophysiology, neuropsychology and musicology. He was employed by Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. He belonged to Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony.

Eckart Altenmüller is recorded as physician, musician, university teacher, neurologist and psychologist.