Day of birth: 17th of April 1978
Place of birth: Buedingen/ Germany
Wife: Dorota Ewa, born Nowicka
Children: Anna-Maximiliane Geraldine Hensel, Johann-David Hensel, Rosemarie-Helene Hensel, Heinz-Ludwig and Quintus-Tadeusz Hensel
Citizenship: German
• 1987: Commencement of guitar studies under the guidance of Michael Winderling (age 7).
• 1992: Initiation of piano studies with Johann Baumann (age 12).
• 1993–1994: Piano instruction with Gerhard Schaubach; first explorations in composition.
• 1994–1999: Comprehensive studies in composition, counterpoint, harmony, basso continuo, and instrumentation with Gerhard Schedl at Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory, Frankfurt am Main (Amateur Department).
• Concurrent piano studies with Wolfgang Hess and Norbert Brecht.
• Flute instruction with Annegret Lucke at Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory.
• 1997: Awarded secondary school diploma (university entrance qualification) from Wolfgang Ernst School, Büdingen.
• 1998–1999: University preparatory composition course with Gerhard Schedl.
• 1999–2003: Composition studies under Prof. Heinz Winbeck at the University of Music Würzburg (Hochschule für Musik Würzburg).
• 2001: Intermediate diploma in composition conferred.
• 2003: Mentorship with composer Moritz Eggert.
• 2003–2004: Composition studies with Prof. Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann University of Music Düsseldorf.
• Guest residency with Prof. Wolfgang Rihm in collaboration with Justus Frantz.
• January 27, 2004: Final composition examination passed with distinction.
• 2004–2005: Postgraduate studies with Prof. Michael Obst at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (HfM Weimar).
• November 3, 2005: Marriage to Mrs. Dorota Ewa Hensel (née Nowicka).
• 2005–2008: Masterclass studies with Prof. Heinz Winbeck at the University of Music Würzburg.
• Private instruction with Joachim F.W. Schneider.
• December 25, 2008: Birth of daughter Anna-Maximiliane Geraldine.
• 2010: Collaboration with Musikverlag Doblinger (Vienna) for the publication of String Sextet, Op. 20 – Klärchen’s Song.
• 2011: Doctorate in Musicology awarded by the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main (Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main) under Prof. Dr. Peter Ackermann.
• Dissertation: From Unity to Plurality or “The Lust for Subjectivity” – The Music of Gerhard Schedl.
• 2011: Collaboration with German filmmaker Edgar Reitz; composition of the Cardillac Suite for Reitz’s film Cardillac.
• April 1, 2011: Publication of the scholarly monograph Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Epigone or Original Genius, Eccentric Figure or Great Composer? through ibidem-Verlag.
- Academic and Professional Achievements
- June 22, 2011: Birth of Johann-David Hensel.
- April 2011 – Present: Appointment as Associate Lecturer in Musicology at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.
- July 13, 2011: Successful completion of dissertation and disputation with the distinction magna cum laude.
- 2010–2012: Independent studies in electroacoustic composition, focusing on computer music technologies, including Csound, Max/MSP, Pure Data, SuperCollider, and Java.
- September 2011: Publication of the doctoral dissertation on the works of Gerhard Schedl.
- 2012: Initiation of the development of the music analysis software Palestrinizer in collaboration with Ingo Jache. This project is based on a 1996 article by Peter Ackermann and contributes to the habilitation project at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg.
- 2012: Completion of a critical edition of Emanuel Aloys Förster’s Anleitung zum General-Bass, including an accompanying biography by Karl Weigl.
- May 21, 2015: Birth of Rosemarie-Helene Hensel.
- May 18, 2016: Award of the post-doctoral lecturer qualification (Habilitation), conferring the title Privatdozent, equivalent to Associate Professor.
- July 1, 2016: Official conferral of the habilitation certificate, with the academic title Dr. phil. habil.
- April 1, 2018 – Present: Appointment as Lecturer for Special Tasks at Saarland University.
- June 24, 2018: Birth of Heinz-Ludwig Hensel.
- [Year]: Composition commissions received from the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and Hessischer Rundfunk (HR2).
- July 3, 2020: Recipient of the Promotional Prize at the 2020 Bach Composition Competition in Eisenach for the orchestral work Of One Who Set Out to Learn Life.
- 2020: Recognition with the Advancement Award for Daniel Hensel by the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
- April 2021: Recipient of a bridging grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation.
- April 12, 2021: Release of Duo for Viola and Tuba, Op. 7, on major streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify.
- October 2021: Award of a GEMA grant for the composition of the First Electroacoustic Symphony.
- February 1, 2022 Birth of Quintus-Tadeusz Hensel
- July 1, 2022 Grant approval for the NEUSTART KULTUR scholarship from the German Music Council
- September 22, 2023 Broadcast of the 1st Symphony on BR-Klassik
- June 1, 2024 Appointed Artistic-Scientific Associate for Organ Art, Creativity Concepts & AI at the Klais Organ of the University of Music Würzburg within the framework of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria
- December 9, 2024 World premiere of “Energien” op.41 at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna by Ensemble Platypus and Jaime Wolfson
- April 5, 2025 Joined the Elvis Presley Association Bad-Nauheim-Friedberg e.V.