Music and Medicine Complementing and Enhancing Prevention, Therapy, Rehabilitation and Education

Gunter Kreutz is a trained musicologist with interest in the effects of musical activities in every-day life across the lifespan. Gunter has led various research projects funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research on the consequences of music instrument learning and playing in primary school children. Recently, he has led an arm of an EU-project on Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in Elderly Care (MIDDEL). Further research activities concern the value of singing in healthy adults and in people living with communication and health issues.

Günther Bernatzky is a biologist with expertise in medicine and medical research. He is expert in pain-physiology and complementary pain-therapy with emphasis on music listening and other non-invasive and non-pharmacological methods. Günther has directed his research at patients living with chronic pain and also individuals living with Parkinson’s disease. His research interests also extend to singing and dancing.Günther is highly interested in promoting music in medical practice beyond research and has successfully published CDs and other materials which document the uses of music in every-day life.