Teresa Wenhart - Music, Brain, Psychology


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Music, Brain, Psychology
Dr. Teresa Wenhart
Who I am and what I stand for
Since childhood, I have had two great passions:
Music and science.
Music has been a central part of my life since an early age. At the same time, I have always been fascinated by how people feel, think, and relate to one another. Since 2013, I have been deeply involved in topics related to musician health, neuroscience, hearing, and psychological connections.
Bringing together music, science, and human relationships is my greatest passion.

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."
Ella Fitzgerald (afroamerican Jazz-Singer)
The connection between music and psychology
Music and psychology have one thing in common: they are about people and their stories. In music, I look for the melody behind the notes, the story that a piece tells. In my psychological work, it's about understanding the stories and patterns that people carry within themselves. Both require the ability to read between the lines – or, in music, to hear between the notes. Being a musician means telling stories, sharing emotions, and putting a part of oneself into every note.
"The musician draws from the depth of their inner self and brings the invisible to sound."
" (Robert Schumann)
In both areas, I work with the invisible: with emotions, inner conflicts, and the search for understanding – in both a philosophical and scientific sense. This is what makes music and human relationships so fascinating to me.
Federally acknowledged Psychologist (D,CH)
Musician's Health/Music Psychology
DGfMM: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Musikphysiologie & Musikermedizin (D)
SMM: SwissMedMusica (CH)
Mental training
Expertise
Psychology
Music
Psychology (M.Sc., B.Sc.), Schema Coaching, Neurorehabilitation/Cognitive Training * 2014–2016: M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience (LMU Munich) * 2011–2014: B.Sc. in Psychology (LMU Munich) * 2024: Certificate in Schema Therapy Counseling/Schema Coaching (D-A-CH Association for Schema Therapy) * 2013–2015: Neuropsychological Work, Neurorehabilitation, Munich Pasing
CAS Music Performance (Cello), Piano, Choral Conducting * 2024–2025: CAS Music Performance (Cello), Zurich University of the Arts * 2023–2024: CAS Music Performance (Cello), Zurich University of the Arts * 2018: Choral Conducting (Level D), Lower Saxony Choral Association * 2014–2016: Musicology (B.Sc.) * 2011: German Abitur (A-levels) with Major in Music (Instrument: Piano)
Science
Doctoral Research in Music Psychology, Music Physiology, Neurodiversity, Music & the Brain, Musical Hearing & Hearing Protection * Doctoral Thesis (2016–2019): Institute for Music Physiology & Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media * 2018: Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge (UK) * 2020: Human Voice Perception, University of Zurich Since 2020: Audio Technology/Hearing Protection












“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well”
Albert Einstein