Vita

Date of birth: 13th April 1959
Nationality: Austrian

Education

1965 – 1969
Primary School in Salzburg

1969 – 1977
Akademisches Gymnasium in Salzburg

1977-06-14
Matura (school leaving certificate) mit ausgezeichnetem Erfolg (with excellence)

1977
University for Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg and Paris Lodron University in Salzburg

1982-06-17
Master Diploma/Mag.rer.nat. in Music education Mozarteum and in Mathematics University Salzburg

1982-06-03
Vocal Diploma University Mozarteum Salzburg

1984-06-05
Piano Diploma University Mozarteum Salzburg

1985-10-24
Dr.rer.nat. in Mathematics University Salzburg. Doctoral thesis in the field of numerical methods for solving systems of integral equations.

1987-06-25
Dr.phil. in music education University for Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg mit Auszeichnung bestanden (summa cum laude). Doctoral thesis in the field of anthropology & music education

1988-07-12
Philosophy, Education, and Psychology University Salzburg mit Auszeichnung bestanden (with excellence)

1993-04-16
Dr.paed. University Potsdam with Psychology and Music Education mit Auszeichnung bestanden (summa cum laude) Thesis in the field of music therapy.

1994-06-03
Dr.paed.habil. University Potsdam in co-operation with Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (German University for Sports in Cologne) and University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg in Music Education. Thesis about integration of music & creative education and music & creative therapies.

1996-05-07
Certificate as psychotherapist (main field cognitive behavioural therapy)

1996-10-09
Approbation as psychotherapist by the Austrian Ministry for Public Health

2016-03-16
Doctor of medical sciences University Witten/Herdecke. Doctoral thesis in the field of long-term cardiac rehabilitation.

2018-07-10
Doctor of sport sciences University Hamburg. Doctoral thesis in the field of sports medicine

Professional Career

1983-09-12
Teacher for music education and mathematics in Salzburg

1991-04-29
Christian Doppler University Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry, director of music therapy

1993-11-25
Hochschulassistent (associated professor) at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg

1996-07-24
appointment by the Bavarian Minister of Education, Sciences, and Arts to the chair of music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. From there on worldwide lectures, e.g. at the Charles university in Prague, the Tokyo Gakugei University, London University, Marmara University in Istanbul.

1997-09
Université des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg / CFMI, Head of Music Therapy & Special Music Education

1999
President of the Austrian Heart Association (mainly dealing with preventive, rehabilitative and re-integrative topics of heart patients)

2004-04-14
Professor Shanghai Conservatory of Music

2004-10
Chief responsible for neurosciences at the State Institute for Music and Dance Education CEFEDEM in Nantes / France (today Le Pont Supérieur University of Rennes)

2008
Composer in residence in San Francisco (Carl Djerassi Program)

2009-09-07
Professor of psychology for music therapy at the University of Applied Sciences Krems (Austria)

2010-03-31
Advisory professor Fudan University 复旦大学

2012
Responsible editor of the section music therapy of the German journal “Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie” (often regarded as the best professional journal in this field in Europe)

2013
Advisory professor for music therapy, music in medicine and elementary music education at the Conservatory of the Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul

2018
Advisory professor of Shanghai University 上海大学

2018
Professor of Beijing Normal University 北京师范大学and director of Beijing Normal University Research Centre for Arts Therapies 北京师范大学 艺术治疗研究中心

Awards & Scientific Memberships

1996-11
Active Member of the New York Academy of Sciences

2001-10-12
International Biographical Centre Cambridge / UK: election among the 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century

2001-11
Prize of Honour by the Czech Music Council / Council International of Music of UNESCO

2001-12-13
Silver Medal and Certificate of Honor of the University of Presov, Slovakia

2002-03-09
Full Membership of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (“Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europea”)

2006-11-16
Honorary Fellowship of York St John University / UK

2007-11-30
American Biographical Institute nomination for Great Minds of the 21st Century … including just 1,000 of the world’s top thinkers and intellectuals

2009-09-04
The Board of the American Biographical Institute: nomination to represent your country with this major honor to receive the Gold Medal for Germany in the name of your people and Germany