Education
Sengpiel studied electrical engineering in Berlin (Germany). As a musician, he studied composition and led several dance music bands.
Sengpiel studied electrical engineering in Berlin (Germany). As a musician, he studied composition and led several dance music bands.
He was also a musician in his own right and a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts, (Universität der Künste, Berlin) UdK-Berlin. He was a development engineer in the field of audio technology and was among the developers of the HiFi standard Deutsches Institut für Normung 45500. As a sound engineer, he worked with popular musicians such as Reinhard Mey, Peter Maffay, and the Fischer Choirs in the field of classical music, he is doing recordings of the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, District of Columbia), the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra and various famous chamber music artists, to mention only Il Giardino Armonico, Andreas Staier, and Concerto Cologne (Concerto Köln).
He lectured at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin - Tonmeister Institute) on microphone recordings and analog and digital sound studio technologies in surround sound and stereo for tonmeister students.
This award is given to someone who has done great service to the profession as a sound engineer (Tonmeister) and the audio industry for outstanding services.