Prof. Dr. Bernd Redmann was born in Bamberg in 1965. He learned to play the piano, trombone and tenor horn at an early age and performed numerous compositions while still at school. After graduating from the music-oriented Gymnasium Niederaltaich, he studied school music, composition (Prof. Dieter Acker) and music theory at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts from 1985 onwards. At the same time, he studied musicology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and began doctoral studies at the University of Salzburg in 1992. In 1996, he received his master's degree 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 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 in music theory and aural training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. From 2009, he was responsible for implementing the study reform there. In 2011, he served as Vice President for Studies and Teaching and was President of the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts from October 2014 to September 2022. From 2017 to 2022, he was a member of the board of the Rectors' Conference of Music Academies. Prof. Dr Bernd Redmann has been President of the MHL since 1 October 2023. Bernd Redmann's diverse compositional oeuvre ranges from solo pieces to 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 work ‘Die Gehetzten’ (The Hunted), based on his own libretto, premiered at the Theater Bremen in 2010. Numerous pieces are available on 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 Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schenker, Riemann, the history of music in Salzburg, improvisation and instrumentation.