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When music is used to treat the soul and the mind

21.09.2026 · 18:00 / 75 min
Great Hall
Free entry
Registration required

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Angelika Güsewell Director of Research and Full Professor, HEMU – Haute école de musique
Emilie Bovet Senior Lecturer at the Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud (HESAV)
Louis Jucker Musician, creator of the ‘A Pharmacy of Songs’ project

Program

Noda BCVS is thrilled to host a unique meeting between two researchers from the Amenhotep collective, Angelika Güsewell and Emilie Bovet, who are interested in developing new care practices centred on music, and Louis Jucker, a musician and winner of the 2021 Swiss Music Prize and the brains behind the fascinating ‘A Pharmacy of Songs’ project. How can the benefits of music contribute to the quality of care in a psychiatric hospital setting? How can a person’s emotional state inspire a soothing and uplifting musical composition? Join us on 21 September 2026 at 6 pm in the Main Hall at Noda BCVS to discuss and explore these questions!

About

Scientific and musical interactions 
Music represents a real crossroads between emotions and reason; is it an art? Or a science? The Laboratories straddle the boundary between two worlds, an open door into the factory of our emotions; and we are keen to hear your views, too. Musicians are joined on stage by scientists, to discuss, experiment and reflect for around 1h15, seeking to put a finger on those feelings which make each and every one of us unquestionably human.

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Angelika Güsewell
Emilie Bovet
Louis Jucker