The Power of Music Thinking
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Audio Postcards and Music Thinking Development
Audio Postcard. And we’re back! After a reflective summer break, The Power of Music Thinking returns with a special episode that is both a journey for the senses and a look into the future. I’ve just returned from a trip to Japan, a place of profound contrasts, where ancient traditions coexist with futuristic cityscapes. Instead […]
From Japan with Love
Audio postcard from Japan. I am just back from my trip, and instead of sending conventional postcards – or as a contemporary variation – sending pictures via socials, I made audio recordings with a small Zoom device. Here, as an alternative, I am sending audio postcards to you. As I am going to all the […]
Why do we listen to sad music? With Sandra Garrido
Welcome to another episode of The Power of Music Thinking podcast. Our guest today is both an accomplished musician and a fascinating researcher. Dr. Sandra Garrido is a pianist and violinist who holds a PhD combining the worlds of music and psychology. Her work focuses on a question that touches all of us: how can […]
Challenging the AI Oracle: Maya Ackerman on Music, Creativity, and Collaboration
Our guest today is challenging the all-knowing AI oracle. Dr. Maya Ackerman, a world-renowned AI expert who has been at the forefront of generative AI since 2015. She holds a PhD in Computer Science, is a professor at Santa Clara University, and has authored over 60 research publications. As the co-founder and CEO of WaveAI, […]
Pioneering music thinking and first online interview with Daniel Barenboim – special episode
This is a personal story about my first online interview at the end of the 1990s. It is a trip back in time with original sound snippets from the interview with famous conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim in the Opéra Royale at Versailles. Find out how we did this technically and what questions the maestro […]
Science, Music and Regulating Emotions with Hauke Egermann
What can people and organisations learn from science and music? Why should we care? Are universal mechanisms valid all over the world to all human species? Or is everything an individual experience? How does regulating emotions work? Today, we talk with Hauke Egermann, Professor of Systematical Musicology at the University of Cologne. We speak about universal […]
Everything about Orchestration with Robin Hoffmann
A few episodes ago, I asked the question What is Orchestration? This was because I saw a lot of different orchestrators, nota bene, non-musical orchestrators with job titles like Design Orchestrator, Value Network Orchestrator, Data Orchestrator and Innovation Orchestrator, just to name a few. It is a long list that combines one field, like Design […]