From October to December, the international science festival Geist Heidelberg brings together famous scientists, experts, and science communicators to the German-American Institute (DAI: Deutsch-Americanische Institut) Heidelberg to present and discuss urgent questions of our time.
This year, the 15th Geist Heidelberg, Elaine Chew and Henkjan Honing will represent topics around the theme of music cognition in two days of lecture and lecture-performances. Henkjan spoke on how we are all musical animals at 8pm on 15 Nov, and Elaine spoke on the importance of music in heart research at 5pm on 16 Nov.
The DAI made a Facebook reel ๐ฅ : https://www.facebook.com/reel/1401800531366220
๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด; ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
At the Deutsch-Americanische Institut and Rossini Restaurant
Before the presentation…
Elaine Chew will present
Heartbeat & Harmonies: The importance of music in heart research
Geist Heidelberg, Lecture
Sun, 16th November 2025, 5:00 pm
What does music reveal about the human heart? With mathematician and pianist Elaine Chew, music and cardiology come together in an unexpected way: In a lively lecture with live piano playing, Elaine Chew shows how music can help to better understand and possibly treat cardiac arrhythmias.
Elaine Chew is Professor of Engineering at Kingโs College London and an internationally renowned expert in music cognition and biomedical applications. Her interdisciplinary work combines music, mathematics and medicine. As founder of the Music Theranostics Lab, she combines music information research and cardiology to advance music-based digital therapies and precision diagnostics in cardiovascular medicine.
Language: English
