PEVoC¹⁵

Santander 4 – 7 SEPT 2024

PROF. Sophie Scott

Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Head of the Speech Communications Group. Her scientific interest focuses on the neural basis of vocal communication, how our brain processes information in speech and voice, and how our brains control the production of our voice. She is also interested in the expression of emotion in the voice and especially laughter.

What can we learn about voices by thinking about the brain?

Prof. Bernhard Richter

Voice doctor (ENT physician and phoniatrist) and professional singer. Professor of Music Medicine at the Freiburg Institute for Musicians’ Medicine (FIM) (University Hospital and University of Music Freiburg, Germany). He is interested in the medical care of instrumentalists and singers. His recent studies focus on real-time dynamic magnetic resonance imaging for the analysis of vocal physiology.

From Leonardo’s dream to dynamic magnetic resonance imaging

Prof. Mara Dierssen

Holds a PhD in Medicine from the University of Cantabria and has held a number of academic and scientific positions in different Universities, and research centres. She directs the Cell and Systems Neurobiology Laboratory at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), an excellence scientific center in Barcelona. As a passionate science communicator, she launched ‘Realidades Paralelas’ (Parallel Realities), empowering people with Down’s Syndrome through musical creation, promoting social recognition of disabled collectives through scientific knowledge. Gain insights into the latest research findings and discover how this knowledge can be practically applied.

Neuro-Unconcert: Delving into the fascinating realm of neurobiology and music

Prof. Zhaoyan Zhang

Mechanical Engineer. His interest lies in understanding the cause-effect relationship between voice physiology and the produced voice. Current research projects include topics on laryngeal fluid-structure interaction, vocal fold biomechanics, source-filter interaction, and neuromuscular control of voice production and quality, toward clinical and voice technology applications. One particular focus is the application of cause-effect understanding of voice production toward ambulatory monitoring of vocal behaviour outside the clinic using machine learning methods.

“Toward a cause-effect theory of human voice production: forward and inverse problems”

Prof. Mara Behlau

Speech Language Pathologist, PhD in Human Communication Disorders. She is currently professor in the discipline of Interpersonal Relationship – Business Communication in the INSPER, São Paulo.

A unique and brilliant communicator not only for what she says but for how she expresses it. She fascinates and captivates all who listen to her. For this reason, she is Professor of Interpersonal Relations and  Business Communication at INSPER, Sao Paulo. She knows how to transform her Science into Art and is a model of excellence in the art of communication.

Voice and culture – broadening horizons

Prof. Gloria Fabuel

Professor of Singing at the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia and producer of the Nostrum Mare Camerata orchestra.

She has always been a tireless worker, full of innovative ideas that help her students find new ways to solve their vocal difficulties, consistently seeking to achieve vocal beauty. Her Art is clothed in Science, so her students grow harmoniously and naturally in Sci-Art Alive.

The sound of beauty. Shine and resonate from inside

Soul Messengers

Jazz band with great personality and great sound cohesion, they are always original and creative. When the emotion that Carla and Charlie know how to transmit with their voices is combined with the musical magic of Marcos’ piano and Aritza’s groove, they transport you to another planet

Esteban Sanz

Composer, director, researcher, pedagogue. Disseminator, specialist in creativity and working with inexperienced, ephemeral and intergenerational musical groups. Promoter of choirs and professional groups. Director of the Instrumental Ensemble of Cantabria (ENSEIC)

José Masegosa, Julia Moller, Alberto Sánchez

Julia Moller, Alberto Sanchez and José Masegosa, in “Lamento de las Divas” and other joint performances , use their scintillating vocal artistry combined with their continuous characteristic humour, acidly funny scripts, and dynamically elegant yet daring stagecraft to enthral their audiences with deep emotions

Proelastic Team

Irene Mezzacapo, Carmen Paula, Ruth Suarez, Jessica Sole, Dario Strangis, Archimede Pii, Andrea Bianchino, Carles Expósito, María Borragán, Valentina Camesasca

Singers, Voice Pedagogists, Speech Therapists, ENTs, Phoniatricians and Physiotherapists who research together under the PROEL umbrella. The symbiosis between Science and Art inspires them to search deeply into the hidden corners of the voice to develop more efficient solutions for voice problems or for vocal optimization.