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= Artur C Jaschke = Artur C Jaschke (born Katowice, 5 August 1984) is Professor (Lector) Music-based Therapies and Interventions at ArtEZ University of Arts and visiting researcher Cognitive Neuroscience of Music at the VU Amsterdam (NL) and the University Medical Center Groningen (NL). Jaschke has trained as double-bassist and drummer in the UK and New Zealand, continuing his scientific career by specialising musicology, medical neuroscience, neuromusicology and clinical neuropsychology.

His research encompasses the effects of music on the brain in clinical settings as well as the understanding of the fundamental neural working mechanisms of music on the human brain.

Biography
Artur C. Jaschke has obtained his Bachelor degree in Music (Contrabass and Drums) at Dartington College of Arts (United Kingdom) and the University of Otago (New Zealand). During this period he already developed a strong interest in music cognition and the neurology of music, which led him to complete his Master’s degree at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (with Prof. dr. Henkjan Honing, The Netherlands), in Musicology and Music Cognition (thesis title: Controlled Freedom: Cognitive Economy versus Hierarchical Organisation in jazz improvisation).

Currently he is researcher Clinical Neuromusicology at the VU University Amsterdam (with Prof. dr. Erik Scherder, The Netherlands) in the department of Clinical Neuropsychology, specialising in the interrelation of music, executive functions and brain maturation in clinical and non clinical populations as well as visiting researcher Cognitive Neuroscience of Music at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University Medical Center Groningen. Additionally, he is Professor (Lector) Music-based Therapies and Interventions at the department of Music Therapy at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede, the Netherlands.

Further he is member of

Editorial Board Member Music and Medicine

The European Society for the Cognitive Sciences Of Music (ESCOM)

The Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC)

The Gustav Mahler Stichting Nederland