Dirk Augustat

• Board member of the Society of Friends and Patrons of Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin since 2000
• Born 1969 in Berlin, Germany
• After high school graduation in 1985, training as a piano and harpsichord builder with C. Bechstein in Berlin
• From 1989 to 1992, further training as an industry salesman
• From 1992 to 1995, sales representative for pianos at Hohner-Vertriebs GmbH
• From 1995 to 2000, establishment and direction of the Piano Gallery Berlin
• Since 2000, Director of the Steinway-Haus Berlin