Description
Live music has a tremendous and profound impact on our hearts and human physiology. The connection between what we feel physically and what we feel emotionally in our heart is one of the most powerful experiences we have at a concert. So what actually happens to our physical hearts during a show? Can live music actually heal our heart? Can we visualize the actual physical impact of live music on our hearts?In this episode we explore all these questions as we dive into the fascinating and inspiring work of Elaine Chew. Elaine is Professor of Engineering at King's College London in the Department of Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences. She is also a concert pianist and currently leads two European Research Council projects COSMOS, CosmoNote, and HeartFM. In her work she is investigating the effects of performed music on both musicians' and listeners' physiology. As much as possible, she aims to use live music in her studies as this has been shown to have a more powerful effect.
Together we explore:
How she began playing as an concert pianist How our physical hearts are impacted by live music
The life changing emotional advice her piano teacher gave her right before her first performance
Her work in researching the healing power and influence of live music on cardiovascular issues
Her favorite shows and performers
Among other topics, we have some fun exploring, what would happen if you transplanted and swapped the hearts of two different concert fans
| Period | 14 May 2023 |
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| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- live music performance
- cardiac physiology
- heart transplant
- music fan experience
Documents & Links
Related content
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Prizes
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European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Research output
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Cardiac Response to Live Music Performance: Computing Techniques for Feature Extraction and Analysis
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
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Performing Music: Humans, Computers, and Electronics
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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COSMOS: Computational Shaping and Modeling of Musical Structures
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Music Can Literally Heal the Heart
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Cardiac response to live music performance: effect of large-scale musical structure on action potential duration
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
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Activities
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Interview: Musik als Medizin für Herzkranke (Music As Medicine)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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ZEIT ONLINE Interview: Musik ist wie Tai-Chi für das vegetative Nervensystem (Music is like Tai Chi for the autonomic nervous system)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Projects
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COSMOS: Computational Shaping and Modeling of Musical Structures
Project: Research