Weinert, Dieter 01/01/1956

Dieter Weinert was born and raised in Stuttgart, Germany and from the age of 8 studied piano and organ, with public performances from the age of 12. He studied first with Wilhelm Riekert, and then with Professor Trauer at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart (1978-1983). He participated in several international piano courses. His early works from 1971 to 1978 resulted from a preoccupation with classical form and romantic piano literature, especially of Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin. The impressionist works of Liszt's later period and of Debussy and Ravel inspired the creation of Tourbillon de Neige.



While a music student he freelanced for the Stuttgarter Zeitung (newspaper), writing concert reviews and pieces on the psychology of music, music therapy, and music in medicine. After his civil service year he studied medicine from 1984 to 1991 at the Medical Faculty of the University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, passing both German and American medical board exams. Since then he has been working as a neurosurgeon at a German clinic. His main interests are, besides modern music, scientific topics such as the regeneration of the central nervous system, deep brain stimulation and the processing of acoustical information.