Composer, Hackbrett player, guitarist and pedagogue, born in Tegernsee (district of Miesbach/Upper Bavaria). / She raised in Miesbach. Her music interests stem from Bavarian folk tunes. 1982-1986 she studied dulcimer (Hackbrett), recorder, guitar and folk music at the Richard-Strauss conservatory Munich. 1990 she achieved to be teacher for dulcimee and Salterio (baroque dulcimer) there. Birgit Stolzenburg plays also old music on a Salterio as well as contemporary dulcimer compositions. She has been teaching at the Munich University of Music and Drama since 2008, where she was appointed honorary professor in 2014. She has been one of the first dulcimer players to perform classical literature since 1980. First with original music for the instrument and arrangements from Renaissance and Baroque, then with modern compositions that were created at the same time. Her area of activity is diverse and groundbreaking in both artistic and educational terms. Some of the modern music was recorded by her for the Bavarian Radio and for CDs. Besides teaching and performing Birgit Stolzenburg edits dulcimer scores in close cooperation with vierdreiunddreissig publishing. 1997-99 the four volume dulcimer method called “Pizz und Batt” is one of the results.  (Rainer Stelle)