Your Brain on Beethoven - Artistic performance by AccelNet
Violinist Dr. Stella Chen (2019 Queen Elizabeth Competition winner and violin faculty at the Juilliard School) and internationally acclaimed concert pianist Dr. Mei Rui (Director of Music-in-Medicine, Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center) will perform Beethoven’s iconic “Kreutzer" Sonata. During the performance, real-time Brain-Computer Interface mapping will display the violinist's and pianist's brain activity on stage, showcasing their neural activation and synchronisation as they perform.
Who You’ll Be Hearing From
This session brings together expert voices from across the EBRAINS community and beyond. Discover the people sharing their insights, research, and perspectives on the topic.
Distinguished Professor at the University of Houston and Director of the NSF BRAIN Center, Fellow of IEEE and AIMBE for pioneering work in brain-machine interfaces and art-evoked brain activity. He leads research at the intersection of art, science, and neurotechnology, developing personalized arts prescriptions for health. His work has been featured at the Smithsonian, Menil Collection, MARCO Museum (Monterrey, MX), UN AI for Good Summit, Mapping Science and The Economist.
Concert pianist, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Founding Director of Music-in-Medicine at MD Anderson. Medalist of the 2015 World Piano Competition, Dr. Rui has performed at the Louvre Auditorium, Hofburg Palace, and soloed all the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerti with orchestras including Cincinnati, Beijinig, Shanghai, and Yale Philharmonics. A Principal Investigator of several multi-modal, large-scale clinical trials and a pioneer in Music Medicine, she integrates EEG and BCI into live performances to study music's impact on stress, pain, and brain health.
Winner of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Competition, praised for her "silken grace" (The Strad). She has performed with top orchestras worldwide and debuts this season with the Vancouver, Cincinnati, and Antwerp Symphonies. Faculty at Juilliard and Shenandoah Conservatory, she performs on the 1720 "General Kyd" Stradivarius.
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