Matthias Bertsch (born 1966 in Lichtenau) is a German-born Austrian musicologist, musician and

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at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He is the President of the Austrian Society for Music and Medicine (Musicians Health Care).

Life

Bertsch grew up in Lichtenau (Germany) next to the Alsacian border and moved to

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in 1988 for his studies in

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

at the

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. After graduation he received his

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in 1999 ("summa cum laude") with his work on the trumpet in the fields of "Musical Acoustics" and "Musical Physiology". In 2003 he qualified as a professor with tenure track in musical acoustics and was Deputy Director of the Institute of Musical Acoustics at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2008, Bertsch trained as a

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coach and joined the ''musicians health group'' at the Music University as scientist in the field of music physiology. In 2009 he was elected as president of the Austrian Society for Music and Medicine (music medicine, music physiology, psychology of music). Besides his academic career, he began to play trumpet at the age of 7, and continued his education through private studies with Györky Ottlakan, Manfred Stoppacher and masterclasses with Fred Mills and

Thomas Gansch Thomas Gansch (born 31 December 1975 in St. Pölten) is a well-known Vienna-based Austrian trumpet player. In 1992 the brass septet Mnozil Brass was founded in which he has since played first trumpet. In 1999 he was invited to the Vienna Art O ...

Musicology and scientific research

His interdisciplinary music research is focused toward empirical and data-oriented methods in the area of

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acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

, organology, psychoacoustics,

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and cognitive science. He has authored books, articles,Publication list of Bertsch
Retrieved 2012/10/20 in print and online media and scientific contributions in TV broadcasts in Austria (ORF) and Germany.

Artistic activity

As a trumpeter, he performed within philharmonic Orchestra, Big Bands and brass quintets. As part of his military service in Stabsmusikkorps Bundeswehr, he played with at state receptions (e.g. for

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and the only official reception of Erich Honecker in 1987).

References

External links

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University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

Researchgate Publications

Dr. Trumpet's Brass Research Review on Youtube
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