Music for Health and Well-being
Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana invites you to participate in an international scientific symposium entitled Music for Health and Well-being. It will take place on November 27 and 28, 2025 at the premises of the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana.
The purpose of the symposium is to shed light on the effects of music on the health and well-being of individuals and society from the perspective of various scientific disciplines and in various social environments, such as the cultural environment, the health environment, the educational environment, the consumer environment, and so on. Music interventions are one of the most effective non-pharmacological means that can affect health and well-being at various levels – physical, cognitive, emotional-social and spiritual. We want to highlight music interventions and examples of good practices in their use. The aim of the symposium is to intertwine useful insights into the effects of music from the fields of music psychology, music pedagogy, cognitive science, music therapy, psychotherapy, medicine, computer science and other scientific disciplines, as well as musical art.
We warmly invite scientists, artists, and practitioners to join us in sharing examples of good practices on the holistic effects of music for the benefit of individuals and society.
The deadline for submitting the title of a paper, abstract of up to 300 words and keywords is September 1, 2025. The proposed title and abstract, prepared in accordance with the instructions for preparing an abstract, which are available on the right, should be submitted electronically on a completed form available at the link:
https://1ka.arnes.si/a/41ad90d8?language=2
The languages of the symposium are Slovenian and English. The programme of the international scientific symposium will be held in Slovenian on the first day (November 27) and in English on the second day (November 28). Translations will be provided.
All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and the authors will receive feedback no later than October 1, 2025. Early-bird registrations will be open until October 15, 2025.
For attending the 15-hour, two-day conference, you will receive a certificate worth 1 point, which you can use towards promotion (in Slovenia).
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr Eva Bojner Horwitz, MD, Center for Social Sustainability, Karolinska Institutet, Royal College of Music in Stockholm:
Enhancing Holistic Health and Social Sustainability with Music and Cultural Activities
and
Špela Loti Knoll Prof., MA, Director of the Knoll Institute for Music Therapy and Supervision, and Dr Marko Pokorn, MD, Paediatric Clinic, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana:
Musica sanat – musical heals
Assoc. Prof. Dr Katarina Habe, president
For attending the 15-hour two-day conference, you will receive a certificate worth 1 point, which you can use for promotion (Slovenia).
Roundtable Panel: Search Engine for Music Information Retrieval. Presentation of an analytical application for music information retrieval from Slovenian music for children and youth (VIDEO)
YOUTH MUSIC AFTER 1945 AND JEUNESSE MUSICALE - CONCERT (VIDEO)
Keynote
Speakers
Eva Bojner Horwitz, PhD
Royal College of Music Stockholm (SWE)
Music: The Natural Language of Inclusion
Med. dr. EVA BOJNER HORWITZ, Professor of music and health at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She specializes in psychosomatic medicine, social medicine and creative arts and is a co-founder of the Center for Social Sustainability (CSS), Karolinska Institutet (KI). She is known internationally for her implementation of cultural & contemplative activities in school- and health care systems for patients, staff and students, and her evaluation with video interpretation technique (VIT), combining quantitative (stress hormone analyses, heart rate variability, flow measurement) with qualitative research i.e., phenomenological hermeneutic methods and micro phenomenology.
Enhancing Holistic Health and Social Sustainability with Music and Cultural Activities [brief abstract]
Professor Eva Bojner Horwitz explores the transformative potential of music and cultural activities in fostering both individual well-being and social sustainability. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, she highlights how these activities can bridge social gaps, promote mental health, support emotional regulation, and enhance community resilience. Her work also underscores the importance of education and enriching learning environments, where music and culture play key roles in fostering personal growth and collective learning. Through structured music and cultural engagement, she demonstrates how these practices can support emotional and physical health, while building sustainable communities.
RAJKO MUŠIČ: Music, Youth and Musical Youth in Slovenia during Socialism and After (VIDEO)
Špela Lotti Knoll, MA
Knoll Institute for Music Therapy and Supervision (SLO)
ŠPELA LOTI KNOLL, Prof., MA, Director of the Knoll Institute for Music Therapy and Supervision, academic musician, oboist (Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana) and MA in Music Therapy (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK). She is an external lecturer in music therapy at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana, and a lecturer in Art Animation in Social Environments and Animation with Artistic Expression at the Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences in Celje, Abitura Celje, Gea College, and ŠC Kranj. She teaches oboe at the Sv. Petra in Pavla Music School in Ptuj. She runs a three-year educational program in Music Therapy IK and has many years of experience as a music teacher and music therapist (humanitarian projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bad Radkersburg Rehabilitation Clinic, Austria, Gorenjska Safe House). She leads training courses in music therapy in Slovenia and other European countries, regularly lectures and leads workshops at international conferences and professional meetings. She is a member of the Slovenian Association of Music Therapists and was the first representative of Slovenia in the European Confederation for Music Therapy.
Marko Pokorn, dr. med.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana (SLO)
MARKO POKORN, a specialist in pediatrics and infectious diseases, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, and the medical director of the Pediatric Clinic. His research focuses on viral infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, bone and joint infections in children, pneumococcal infections, and the host response to various infections. In addition to his clinical and research work, he has written several texts for the theatre and scripts for two award-winning television series. He is also a columnist for the newspaper Delo. He advocates for the systematic integration of music therapy into the Pediatric Clinic, promotes musical interventions as a non-pharmacological form of treatment in the pediatric hospital environment, and actively participates as a professional mentor in the project Music Heals – The Role of Music in the Pediatric Environment (University of Ljubljana project).
Musica sanat – music heals [brief abstract]
Music has numerous and proven benefits for physical and mental health. The universal language of music transcends age, ethnicity, culture, and education and is therefore suitable for the widest range of patients. At the Children’s Hospital of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, where the most seriously ill children from all over the country are treated, many of whom spend a large part of their childhood in hospital, we are aware of the importance of music and music therapy for the health of sick children. That is why, from autumn 2024, we are regularly collaborating with the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana, whose students perform on average 2-3 times a week in the outpatient department and on the wards in the form of short 10–15-minute music events. These performances have been very well received by sick children and their parents, as well as by the hospital personnel. At the same time, it has been our impression that these performances are also beneficial for the young students of the Academy, as they give a whole new dimension to their musical activities.
In addition, a music therapist has been successfully working at the Department of Hematology and Oncology of the Children’s Hospital for several years. It is our sincere intention to extend this activity, both in the form of practical exercises for music students as well as academic research, to other departments of the Children’s Hospital in the near future.
In the keynote lecture, the Medical Director of the Pediatric Clinic at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marko Pokorn, M.D., and music therapist Mag. Špela Loti Knoll will present good practice in the introduction of music interventions in a pediatric setting.
IVANA VESIĆ: Escaping the darkness of subalternity: Musical Youth of Yugoslavia (1954-1991) and the socialist cultural reforms (VIDEO)
Workshops and Activities
Music, health and well-being
Roundtable Panel
Saška Rakef, Radio ARS, head of the B-AIR project
Matej Bonin, doc., Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani
Petra Gabršček, music therapist
Jaka Škapin, vocal improvisation performer for vulnerable groups
Ana Petrič, director of the Vrtojba Retirement Home
Veronika Brvar, Glasbena matica Ljubljana
In Slovene language.
PEACE
Concert
As an example of artistic creation for the benefit of the individual and society.
BRASS AG – Brass Ensemble of the Academy of Music
Artistic Director and Conductor: prof. Dušan Kranjc, mag. art., Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani (SI)
The MIR-PEACE Project
This is intended to raise public awareness of tolerance and peace as a fundamental human value, responsibility, opportunity, right and good. Peace is a value and a desire of everyone in all places, and it should be eternal. To put an end to conflicts and let reason prevail. The project also provides an opportunity for individuals, groups, nations and countries to devote themselves to the future, to a more beautiful life for their children, for themselves and for all those who respect themselves and others.
Brass Ensemble of the Academy of Music (Akademije za glasbo, AG) in Ljubljana – BRASS AG
The BRASS-AG ensemble was founded in 2007, born out of the idea of providing future young professional musicians with as much musical experience as possible on concert stages at home and abroad. It provides them with the opportunity to explore a very diverse programme, with a wide range of ensemble and solo works.
The work of the ensemble is not limited to the professional performance of the music, as it also pays a lot of attention to other aspects, including musical expression and the best possible adaptation to various concert stages. Another aim is to attract young audiences, to show them the great range of musical fireworks that it is possible to achieve with brass instruments, and to get them excited about this genre of music.
Sound Meditation
Workshop
Dr Ilonka Pucihar, Docent, Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani (SI)
SOUND MEDITATION – Meditation and relaxation workshop
Sound meditation is an ancient practice that uses sound to calm the mind and relax the body. The workshop is designed as a soothing experience in which we indulge in listening and perceiving the healing vibrations of various instruments. Himalayan singing bowls are known for their soothing tones, crystal bowls produce pure, high frequencies, and gongs add depth with powerful, reverberating sounds, while bells bring a light, ethereal quality. The sounds and vibrations of these instruments produce harmonic frequencies that resonate throughout the body and allow for a state of deep relaxation and inner peace. This, in turn, can enhance the body's restoration and self-healing.
The workshop is suitable for everyone who wants something more – inner peace, better well-being and connection with the subtle levels of their being. However, without consulting a doctor, it is not suitable for people with serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, for people with more serious health problems such as heart disease or epilepsy, for pregnant women and those with hypersensitivity to sound.
Dr Ilonka Pucihar, Docent
Ilonka Pucihar is an academic musician, pianist and piano professor. She teaches piano at the Vrhnika Music School, and teaches special piano didactics, pedagogical practice and the dimensions of performance at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. In 2017, she became a Body-Mind Centering® Somatic Movement Educator, and in 2023 a practitioner of this discipline. She is a member of the Clavimerata Trio, and has performed in various chamber ensembles in Slovenia and abroad, touring in Germany, Austria, France, Israel, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. She regularly lectures and leads piano, music, movement, sound and Body-Mind Centering® workshops in Slovenia and elsewhere, including the USA, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, and Serbia.
Vocal-Movement Improvisation as a Collective Space Of Well-Being
Workshop
Jaka Škapin, The Well (UK)
Vocal-movement Improvisation as a Collective Space of Well-Being
An introduction to practical research into the relationship to instant body and voice composition. A time that is left open to monitor the decisions that are made between individuals and the group, and transitions between leading, following, and everything in between. The integration of the environment and sound into the perception of oneself and others, and the expansion of the possibilities of communication. Questioning the usefulness of the boundary between artistic expression and the politics of social welfare.
The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of past experience with improvisation. I plan to incorporate into the space the experience gained from the Luminelle project, with which I have been creating improvised movement workshops for people with Parkinson's disease since 2016. During the pandemic, we went to their homes and created a traveling exhibition of artwork through personal stories and objects.
I will also mention The Murmuration Project, which, under the leadership of Rhiannon and Margie Gillis, brought together about 30 artists from more than 15 countries while exploring the connection between improvisation and natural systems of self-organization, and last year this led to a presentation at the Aarhus Vocal Festival and the RAMA Vocal Centre.
Jaka Škapin
Jaka Škapin is a performance artist, musician, improviser and pedagogue based between the UK and Slovenia. His musical expression is linked to the jazz tradition through his studies at the London Centre of Contemporary Music, while his artistic practice focuses on free and collaborative improvisation as a form of self-expression and creative connection with others. He has trained as a vocal improviser in the US and beyond, with Meredith Monk, Bobby McFerrin, and others, and is currently a producer for The Well, a global vocal improvisation association. As part of the ensemble Anthropos: Songs of Humanity in England, he explores musical interculturality and the possibilities of integrating vocal-movement improvisation into health and social care systems.
Water
Workshop
Assoc. Prof. Simon Klavžar,
Matej Bonin, Docent,
Katarina Kukovič,
Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani (SI)
Water
Percussion is mostly played and listened to in the medium of air, but what happens if instruments of all possible sizes and shapes are played in water? The manipulation of the sound of percussion with water was popularized in the world of classical music by Tan Dun, an American composer with Chinese roots, who is best known for his Grammy-winning score for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
Water magically amplifies and changes the sound of percussion, and at the workshop we will experiment together in search of the most unusual and meditative sound possibilities. We will get acquainted with gongs, cymbals, and crotals, as well as quite ordinary objects from everyday life, which can also become musical instruments. Whether washing dishes, using a food processor or making sounds with a wine glass, the workshop will be spiced up with water music, and together we will be able to discover the many possibilities of making music with this remarkable medium.
Assoc. Prof. Simon Klavžar
Simon Klavžar studied percussion at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana, the University of Music and Theatre in Münich and, as part of her postgraduate studies in contemporary music, at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Between 2013 and 2021, he taught percussion at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet, and since 2021 he has been teaching at the Ljubljana Academy of Music as an associate professor of percussion and head of the Department of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion. He focuses mainly on contemporary music and collaborates with the Ensemble Modern, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Schallfeld Ensemble, Kammerorchester München, and Dresdner Philharmonie, among others. As a member of the duo Drumartica, he has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Kennedy Center. He is also active in the field of pedagogical projects and creative programmes for children.
Matej Bonin, Docent
Matej Bonin is a composer and a graduate of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and he completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. He has received several awards for his work, including the Prešeren Award of the University of Ljubljana and the Gargonza Arts Award. His compositions have been performed at festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Musica Viva München and Alte Oper Frankfurt. He has collaborated with ensembles and orchestras such as the Ensemble Modern, Slowind, Dresdner Sinfoniker, RTV Symphony Orchestra and Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. He is an assistant professor of Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. In 2025, the new youth opera Lisičja luna (Fox Moon) and the Forest Symphony music installation, created in collaboration with the Dresdner Sinfoniker and the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica, will premiere.
Katarina Kukovič
Katarina Kukovič graduated in percussion from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. She is employed as a professor of percussion and chamber music at the Domžale Music School and at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet. She has collaborated with the Academy of Music in Ljubljana as a mentor in the implementation of pedagogical practice of percussion students, and now as an expert in practice in lectures on special percussion didactics. She is active in the percussion study group, she has been a member of the jury several times and a helped to draw up the rules for the Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians in the discipline of percussion. She regularly plays in the SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana Orchestra.
Workshop
Špela Loti Knoll
Klara Simčič
Amanda Stojović Kasagić
Gregor Zamuda
Irena Milec
Institut Knoll for music therapy and supervision (SI)
Music-therapeutic regulation of the individual and the group with elements of nature
Through introductory music therapy interventions based on the promotion of creative sound expression through the body (voice, movement and body percussion) and selected material aids (paper), the workshop takes the individual and the group from chaos to collective relaxation, which is the basis for the central part of the workshop. This is followed by a musical exploration of the four elements of nature – air, fire, water and earth – through music therapy improvisation in smaller subgroups, which encourages the participants to actively tune in with all elements through a sound and social, connective experience. The equal, balanced and melodious harmony of the four elements in a symbolic manner and through the experience of improvisation also strives for the well-being of the individual and the group in a concrete way. Attunement with the help of the elements of nature helps to establish the necessary balance of the forces of the world of ideas, passions, emotions and materialization, which the elements of nature represent to man.
Špela Loti Knoll
Špela Loti Knoll, prof. oboe, MA in music therapy, is the director of the Knoll Institute for Music Therapy, which has been educating experts in the field of music therapy in Slovenia and abroad for more than a decade. In her two professions – as a musician and a music therapist – she explores the potential of music to enhance well-being.
Klara Simčič
Klara Simčič is an alumnus of the Knoll Institute. She is a graduate ethnologist, cultural anthropologist and geographer. She has experience in working with children with developmental disabilities and people with dementia in various volunteer and educational settings, both at home and abroad. She is also engaged in the creation and implementation of concert projects.
Amanda Stojović Kasagić
Amanda Stojović Kasagić is a graduate of the Knoll Institute. She is a renowned mezzo-soprano with a diploma from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and a master's degree from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. She regularly performs in important mezzo-soprano roles in Slovenia and abroad. She is interested in the therapeutic potential of the voice in music therapy.
Gregor Zamuda
Gregor Zamuda is a third-year student at the Knoll Institute. He is a journalist and translator by profession, but has been involved in music since childhood. For several years he was a flautist in the band Orkestrion, he is a member of the Grlenice choir, a guitarist, and a percussionist who uses the Indian vocal approach to rhythmics in his therapeutic practice. Dancing the tango also plays a large role in his life.
Irena Milec
Irena Milec is a second-year student of music therapy at the Knoll Institute. She works as a teacher in a preschool group of children with developmental disabilities, her main instrument is the accordion, she is a member of the choir, tamburitza and accordion orchestra in Varaždin, and leads a women's singing group and society for children with developmental disabilities.
Music Therapy
Schedule
Thursday, 10th October '24
Julij Betetto Hall
12:00
Registration - (Lobby of the Academy of Music, Kongresni trg 1)
13:00
Greeting Music: MILE ĐURĐEVIĆ ŽOJAN – accordion, mentor: prof. BORUT ZAGORANSKI
JOŠT JUHANT: Lumen for accordion and electronics (2023)
Welcome speech:
MARKO VATOVEC, Dean of the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana (SI)
Keynote speaker: RAJKO MUŠIČ, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (SI)
Music, Youth and Musical Youth in Slovenia during Socialism and After
Friday, 11th October '24
Julij Betetto Hall
9:00
Keynote speaker: IVANA VESIĆ, Institute for Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (RS)
Escaping the darkness of subalternity: Musical Youth of Yugoslavia (1954-1991) and the socialist cultural reforms
10:00
Parallel sessions in Marijana Lipovška Hall and Trio Lorenz Hall
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11:o0
Coffee & Tea - (Klub Kazina – Groundfloor)
11:30
14:00
Parallel sessions in Marijana Lipovška Hall and Trio Lorenz Hall
View timetable
Parallel sessions in Marijana Lipovška Hall and Trio Lorenz Hall
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15:00
14:00
Coffee & Tea - (Klub Kazina – Groundfloor)
15:30
Parallel sessions in Marijana Lipovška Hall and Trio Lorenz Hall
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Call for papers and farewell thanks
Closing performance: TEJA UDOVIČ KOVAČIČ – accordion, mentor: prof. BORUT ZAGORANSKI
URŠKA POMPE: ...miles and miles above my head (II)...(2014)
17:00
14:30
Coffee & Tea - (Klub Kazina – Groundfloor)
Lunch - (The Place) - for the meal's registrated participants
17:30
Roundtable Panel: Search Engine for Music Information Retrieval. Presentation of an analytical application for music information retrieval from Slovenian music for children and youth (http://muzikologijaff.si/gmgm/podatkovne-baze/iskalnik-notnih-znacilnosti/)
Chair: LEON STEFANIJA, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (SI)
MATEVŽ PESEK, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science (SI)
TINA BOHAK ADAM, University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music (SI)
BRANKA ROTAR PANCE, University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music (SI)
MATEJ BONIN, University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music (SI)
Roundtable will be held in Trio Lorenz Hall and discussion will be held in Slovene language.
19:00
Concert performed by students of the Academy of Music with works by Slovenian composers.
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20:00
Dinner - (Klub Kazina) - for the meal's registrated participants
Registration
Registrations are closed
Early bird registrations are accepted untill October 15, 2025, registrations are open until November 14, 2025.
Payment details: UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, AKADEMIJA ZA GLASBO, KONGRESNI TRG 1, 1000 LJUBLJANA
IBAN: SI56 0110 0603 0706 828, UJP LJUBLJANA, SWIFT: BSLJSI2X, Bank: Banka Slovenije, Slovenska 35, 1000 Ljubljana, Reference: 00 271125
Committees
Organising Committee
Chair
KATARINA HABE, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
Members
TEA GORIČ, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
URŠKA KUMAR, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
MIHA NAHTIGAL, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
ŠPELA PUČKO, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
KAROLINA ŠANTL ZUPAN, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
International Scientific Committee
Chair
KATARINA HABE, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
Members
BLANKA BOGUNOVIĆ, Fakultet muzičke umetnosti u Beogradu (SRB)
TINA BOHAK ADAM, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
MATEJ BONIN, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
PETRA BRDNIK JUHART, Univerza v Ljubljani, Pedagoška fakulteta (SI)
ANA BUTKOVIĆ, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet (HR)
ANA ČORIĆ, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Muzička akademija (HR)
SNJEŽANA DOBROTA, Sveučilište u Splitu, Filozofski fakultet (HR)
SIMON KLAVŽAR, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
ŠPELA LOTI KNOLL, Inštitut za glasbeno terapijo in supervizijo (SI)
KATARINA LIA KOMPAN ERZAR, Univerza v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta (SI)
KAJA KOROŠEC, KMH Royal College of Music (SE)
MARUŠA LAURE, Univerza v Mariboru, Pedagoška fakulteta (SI)
RICHARD PARNCUTT, Zentrum für Systematische Musikwissenschaft, Universität Graz (AT)
MARKO POKORN, Univerza v Ljubljani, Medicinska fakulteta (SI)
ILONKA PUCIHAR, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
BRANKA ROTAR PANCE, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
ANKA SLANA OZIMIČ, Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta (SI)
KATARINA ZADNIK, Univerza v Ljubljani, Akademija za glasbo (SI)
NATALIJA ŠIMUNOVIČ, Glasbena šola Jesenice (SI)
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