Prof. Dr. Bernd Redmann was born in Bamberg in 1965. He learnt to play the piano, trombone and tenor horn at an early age and performed numerous compositions as a schoolboy. After graduating from the music grammar school in Niederaltaich, he studied school music, composition (Prof Dieter Acker) and music theory at the Munich Academy of Music from 1985. At the same time, he studied musicology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and began his doctoral studies at the University of Salzburg in 1992. In 1996 he was awarded the masterclass diploma in composition in Munich. In 1997 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on Heinrich Schenker and the methodology of music analysis (Prof. Dr Gernot Gruber). Since 1994 he has been a lecturer at the Munich University of Music (music theory, vocal accompaniment). With a scholarship from the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, he completed a study visit to the "Cité des Arts" in Paris in 1997. In 1998/99 he took on further teaching assignments at the University of Salzburg and at the Cologne University of Music. From 1999 to 2005, he was professor of composition and improvisation at the Cologne University of Music. In 2005, he took up a professorship for music theory and aural training at the Munich University of Music and Theatre. Since 2009, he has been responsible for the implementation of the study programme reform. In 2011, he was Vice President for Studies and Teaching and was President of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich from October 2014 to September 2022. From 2017 to 2022, he was a board member of the Rectors' Conference of Universities of Music. Prof. Dr Bernd Redmann has been President of the MHL since 1 October 2023. Bernd Redmann's diverse compositional oeuvre ranges from solo pieces, chamber music and works for large ensembles to solo concertos and orchestral works. "O" and "L'usine imaginaire" are spatial compositions for large ensembles that combine instrumental and vocal timbres. His music theatre piece "Die Gehetzten", based on his own libretto, premiered at Theater Bremen in 2010. Numerous pieces are available as CD or radio recordings. Bernd Redmann has published a book on the "Methodology and Theory of Music Analysis" as well as essays and articles on 明升m88体育_明升体育官网-在线|平台, Schubert, Brahms, Schenker, Riemann, Salzburg music history, improvisation and instrumentation.
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