The editor of this site, being concert pianist himself
offers you his best at his "special tips web page"
www.PIANOspecial.de  containing these and more features:

Piano Link Docs

There is a revolutionary tool on the market, little known and not too cheap.....
I have presented it on the world-biggest music trade show in Frankfurt, see newspaper article (German)

You can link between two whatever pianos equipped with the PianoLink system at whatever place on earth over two ISDN lines (or internet?).

Then the two players see each other over a monitor.

They can play one for the other like this:

A pianist was in Sacramento/US and played on his PianoLink piano.
The keys of the other piano in Frankfurt/Germany (on the world´s biggest music trade show "Musikmesse")
moved its keys exactly like he played in Sacramento and his picture was shown simultaneously on the Video Screen: LIVE!

This makes possible for you to have online piano lessons with Wolfgang Ellenberger.

But you must ask for the conditions according to the place where you are. Pleas mail to Wolfgang[AT]Ellenberger.name    

Thank you!

More than 30 piano master classes for medical doctors in Germany!

From 1991 to 2000 I had the pleasure to organize more than 30 master classes for medical doctors in Germany. They came from all over the country and very often came back again and again (up to 10 times!).

See our special about the piano master classes!

Interesting links:

Here I present you not the PianoDoc but the PianoDog:

1) musical PianoDocs...

have you known that in the last years the german doctor and concert pianist Wolfgang Ellenberger has given over 30 (thirty) master classes for musical PianoDocs who came from all over Germany and even the neighbour countries?

There were hundreds of participants. Many of them repeated the courses for two, three, five and up to ten times! The athmosphere of these courses was like in a big family........

One of the "cracks" of these courses: 
Dr. med. Robert Toussaint, pediater in north Germany:

Robert Toussaint (right) with Wolfgang Ellenberger at their recital with
Mozart Sonata in d major for four hands at the opening event for the
biggest medicine trade show MEDICA in Düsseldorf

2) Dr.med. Hans-Christian Jabusch studied with my friend Norman Shetler

Here is a link to his resume with photo: Dr. med. H.-C. Jabusch

at the Institute of Music Physiology and Performing Arts Medicine http://www.immm.hmt-hannover.de/index_en.html 

3) Marco Antonio de Almeida is PianoDoc (or DocPianist?)

My dear colleague I know from my music studies at the Hamburg/Germany Musikhochschule.
It was nice to discover him in the Web with his homepage:See our presentation with a link on his
homepage: english, german AND portuguese!

4) Prof. Günther from Bamberg/Germany is a well-trained PianoDoc

http://www.nervenklinik.bamberg.de/psychiatrie/chef.phtml 

at age 18 he won a first prize in a german music competition as accompanist.

Hopefully more information will be available soon.

5) Rolf Verres is PianoDoc!

also contributing for our sensational 50-CD-pack

He has so many creative sides that I recommend to visit his homepage:

http://www.rolf-verres.de 

6) Isabel Serrano Tendero from Tenerife /Spain

Isabel Serrano is PianoDoc, ViolinDoc, ClarinetDoc

Hi, Wolfgang.

Nowadays and for a month I am going to be very busy -exams-. (July 2005)
But you can see some photos of me playing the piano -and other instruments-
They are from an (very) old program of a concert in my faculty in 2003 [ http://webpages.ull.es/users/fvallapa/Programa_2003.htm ]
here in Tenerife. 
Some other hobbies: swimming -better at the sea- or going on bike, reading, drawing with fountain pen, 
various incursions in other instruments and music groups -orchestra, chamber music, music band, big band-...
I have done some interventions in medical students congresses, or a web page about pathology..
 [ http://www.redkbs.com/Catai/patol/Leccion%2074/LECCIÓN%2074.htm ]  
A beginning, but with the time, I would like to make my own web page as you..-. 

Best regards, 

Isabel Serrano Tendero
Medicine & Piano Student

See a lot photos and exchange about Isabel!

7) Barbara Grün is PianoDoc and SingingDoc

Dear Mr Ellenberger, 

many thanks about the fast reply! First of all I would like to introduce myself, I am working at the university hospital of Bonn/Germany as assistant doctor for a year now and have studied music before my medical studies - piano! I have concluded my music studies but have neglected this a bit during my medical studies, so I have not practised professionally any more for 8 years. I am performing publically as singer in the university choir but not as instrumentalist. Of course the project in Frankfurt is very interesting but I cannot confirm about the Mozart sonata since I have changes in front of me. I will practise the sonata (d major, 4 hands) and we might play it some time. I am looking forward to an intensive exchange with many other MusicDocs and colleagues with other talents!

Kind regards
Barbara Grün

8) KAMERHAN TURAN is PianoDoc

Kamerhan Turan

Kamerhan Turan was born in Ankara in 1965, where he began to play the piano at the age of seven
with Prof. Ferhunde Erkin. He then continued his piano and music studies with the duo-pianists
Elif and Bedii Aran. After his graduation in Pharmacy from the Hacettepe University
in 1987 he entered the "Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst" in Vienna, where he studied
with Prof. Noel Flores and Prof. Roland Keller.
During his studies he was awarded scholarships by the Austrian Ministry of Culture
and the "Alban Berg Music Foundation".

in his presentation!

9) Andor Schmidt is PianoDoc, EventDoc and BenefizDoc

10) Otmar Desch is PianoDoc, TheatreDoc, ConductorDoc and ComposerDoc

Applause after Desch's  "Aufruf des Dalai Lama" Melodram

There is little to say about my professional career. Music, piano and composition studies were runing parallel with the medical studies.....
[remark from Wolfgang Ellenberger: Right, Otmar, nothing easier than that!]
After my medical exam I was working at the theatre in Münster/Germany for 15 years (my parents were frightened), then I went to Berlin to have an own office as a general practitioner
(and NOT give up to compose and give recitals in the Berlin area). As I had planned I sold the office at age 60 and from end of 2001 I am musical director, pianist and composer at the theatre in Stendal/Germany. www.tda-stendal.de

(......)

...this much for today!
Desch

Read about his resume in his presentation!

11) Mariko Mitsuyu is PianoDoc, WineDoc, ArchitectureDoc, TravelDoc, BookDoc

PianoDoc: piano lessons since age 5, continued during her medical studies at University of Kyoto and during her work as ophtalmologist. Working at Max-Planck-Institute Bad Nauheim from 1980. Studying piano at Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1983 to 1988 making concert exam, then teaching there until 1995. Since 1994 teaching at Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Leipzig/Germany and being professor for correpetition since 2001. Recitals in USA, Great Britain, Japan, Slovenia, egypt and chechia.

See at her presentation!

12) Joachim E. Lahme is PianoDoc

13) Denny Zeitlin is internationally accomplished JazzPianoDoc,
more than that also ComposerDoc, WineDoc, MountainBikeDoc, StudioDoc, FlyFishingDoc

See at his presentation and visit his multi-medial homepage (linked from his presentation), it is a MUST!

14) Dean Sophocles (dentist)

DEAN SOPHOCLES - Keyboard Dr. Dean Sophocles was born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, the son of a professional violinist mother and a dentist father. He is dentist by day and musician by night. Dean began studying both piano and violin at the age of five, and by the age of twelve, he was traveling throughout the US with a young chamber group called the Young Concerto Soloists, led by a veteran Philadelphia Orchestra member, Jerome Wigler. He studied classical and jazz piano with various well known Philadelphia based teachers, as well as briefly with Bruce Hornsby, in a master class setting at the Omega institute in Rhinebeck, New York. Dean is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and practices cosmetic and implant dentistry in Media, PA. Dean has established himself as a session player, a solo jazz pianist, as well as an ensemble keyboardist in both the rock and jazz genres. His solo piano performance schedule can be found at   www.deansophocles.com see about him in his presentation!

15) Kathy Brown is JazzPianoDoc

hi wolfgang
info about me may be seen at www.myspace.com/kathymbrown  and allaboutjazz.com-do musicians search for kathy brown. my cd is just coming out and i just had a cd and performance debut in toronto, canada on august 5 2007. so i will let you know when i can send my cd and of course i would love a copy of yours. and sure you may go ahead and present me at doctorstalents.com. i refer to myself as a part time doctor and a full time musician!

KATHY M. BROWN Mission: A Musical Journey 2007 Get Up, Stand Up; Flintstone; Latin Groove; Grandfather (Ntate Moholo; Mission; Could You Be Loved; Rasta Journey; Maiden Voyage; Summertime. Personnel: Kathy Brown: Kurzweil, Yamaha PIANO, Sherwayne Thompson, Aeion Hoilett, Donald Waugh: BASS, Desi Jones, DeLeon White: DRUMS, Denver Smith: PERCUSSIONS, Keith Hanson, Djenne Greaves: CONGAS, Toni Anderson: VOCALS. Note: Summertime was recorded live at the Jamaica Pegasus' Jazz in The Garden series (2003)
Kathy Brown getting all crazy while playing latin groove in 2006
Kathy Brown began playing the piano before the age of 5 years. Initially self taught in reading and playing 'by ear' -" I somehow just heard music and started playing it"-, she eventually did classical piano up to grade 6(Royal School of Music,England). She then had intermittent classes in jazz piano after completing her university studies in medicine (U.W.I.,Jamaica). Today, the medical doctor is an accomplished pianist/keyboard player in a wide variety of musical styles. Kathy Brown and Friends band (formed in 2002) performs refreshingly creative arrangements of songs while exploring many different musical rhythms including latin, jazz, funk/pop, reggae, mento and other indigenous/alternative forms. The band usually presents instumental music (originals and covers) with optional vocals. Kathy Brown is also the toast of a number of special event occasions including banquets, weddings, and corporate functions where she often performs solo. 'Kathy Brown and Friends' has performed on a wide variety of stages in Jamaica including: -the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival(Jan.2004-2007) -the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival(2005,2007) -the Pegasus Jazz in the Gardens series(2003,2004,2006,2007) -the Jazz on the Green series(2004-2007) -the Barbados Jazz Festival Launch(2003) -Emancipation Park Concert series(2003-2006) -the Red Bones Blues Cafe(2002-2004), the Rib Kage Restaurant(2002-2004), and Christopher's Jazz Cafe(the Quad)(2005-present). Kathy has performed with internationally renowned jazz guitarist Dr. Ernest Ranglin, pop/reggae music recording star Ritchie Stephens, and has composed/arranged music for many choral groups with whom she has performed/toured. The band is in the process of completing it's debut album-date tba.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15021

Kathy is among the top 100 top visited artists on all about jazz website: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=14609

Management
Wilson Brown Alliance - Kingston, Jamaica +1 (876) 312-6634, +1 (876) 995-9911
e-mail: jaclaudew@yahoo.com, knotes_m@yahoo.com
 

16) Frédéric Fasel is PianoDoc and ComposerDoc

This friendly Swiss colleague is concert pianist.
He asked me where he could get the "pianoplan" which you can see here:

Listen to some samples of his CD: http://www.fredericfasel.com/telechargement.html	http://www.FredericFasel.com

He sent me the CD, it will be in our big MusicDoc collection and it sounds phantastic, he plays his own music which is romantical and very original.

17) Kei Oide is PianoDoc

Very surprising Kei Oide is medical doctor in Japan and he managed to make a piano diploma in his country.
After this he studied piano in the ICOM Hamburg/Germany and I had the occasion to work with him a bit on his Liszt Ballade
which is shown partly in our film this newsletter, when we met in Berlin some time ago. Bravo Kei!!

Here he is playing Liszt Ballade

Copin Ballade No 4

Please send us your contributions about your extra-medical profession or hobby!

share your experiences with the community and send it to Wolfgang[AT]Ellenberger.name
please with photos etc. as attachment! Or fill out this simple hobby-form.