“Music and Brain” with Prof. Frank Bradke and the Schnitzler Quartet

The DZNE cordially invites to the sixth installment of the “Music and Brain” series on Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Forschungszentrum caesar, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, in Bonn. Participation is free.

The event will begin with a talk by Prof. Frank Bradke, DZNE, on the topic “Lesion of the Spinal Cord: Activation of Nerve Growth”. Subsequently, the Schnitzler Quartett will play works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dimitri Schostakowitsch and Robert Schumann. The evening will close with a small reception.

Since 2011 Prof. Frank Bradke is full professor and senior group leader at DZNE. He studied Biochemistry, Anatomy and Developmental Biology in Berlin and London and received his doctorate in 1999 in Heidelberg. Before he joined the DZNE, Prof. Bradke conducted research at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried.

He completed his habilitation in 2009 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). His excellent work was recently awarded with the IRP Schellenberg Prize.

The Schnitzler Quartett - founded 2010 at the Kölner Musikhochschule - recently impressed a sold out Beethovenhaus with technical excellence and unsurpassed musicality. The musicians: Werner von Schnitzler and Edward Bayer (violin), Maya Rasooly (viola) and Johann Ludwig (cello) also have individual impressive solo biographies. They reflect diverse influences internationally renowned teachers such as Igor Ozim and Pinchas Zukerman (WVS), Pavel Kudelasek and Michael Vaiman (EB), Hagai Shaham and Tabea Zimmermann (MR) and Miklos Perenyi (JL). As an ensemble, the Schnitzler Quartet focuses particularly on the time of Prof. Harald Schoneweg and is inspired by the Auryn Quartet.

Location: Forschungszentrum caesar, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn
Date: April 30th, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Admission: free

Registration via presse@dzne.de is desirable but not mandatory.