{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64913e28-7031-4ea6-9bef-fddf46dfed87/c453c89d-462d-4049-8d4a-0f59ae7ea3bf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#65 More Than Medicine (2 of 3). Music as Medicine with Professor Nigel Osbourne","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613910d92449a85aeebc9e4c/1666865578669-73c36e987983b33df28da044a2dff280.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today I discuss the wonderful world of musical therapy with&nbsp;<strong>Professor Nigel Osbourne</strong>. His works have been&nbsp;<strong>featured in most major international festivals</strong>&nbsp;and performed by many leading orchestras and ensembles around the world. He has also composed extensively for the theatre and through his Institute in Edinburgh, is&nbsp;<strong>exploring the interfaces of music and science in important areas such as mental and physical well-being</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>He has also&nbsp;<strong>pioneered methods of using music and the creative arts to support children who are victims of conflict</strong>. This approach was developed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-95), and since then the work has been implemented widely in the Balkan region, the Caucasus (Chechnya), the Middle East (Palestine, Syria and Lebanon), East Africa and South East Asia.&nbsp;<strong>He is currently working with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, and planning a new intervention in Yemen</strong>. In 2009 he was awarded the Freedom Prize of the Peace Institute, Sarajevo, for his work for Bosnian children during the siege of the city.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In today’s podcast we discuss:</p><ul><li>Nigel’s background and experience in Bosnia, Sarajevo, during the conflict</li><li>The wave of energy hitting you if you spark joy in children with music</li><li>How this led to a deeper understanding and exploration of the neuroscience of musical therapy</li><li>The Neurological, Biological and Psychological impact of music</li><li>How music is the social glue that enhances our sense of wellbeing and is universally recognisable across cultures</li><li>The applications across disciplines such as ADHD, Dyslexia, PTSD, Depression, Mental Health and Neurodegenerative disease</li><li>X-System&nbsp;– A project that aims to predict our neurophysiological reaction based on computational data allowing personalised music therapy</li><li>How music sculpts our inner senses, our autonomic nervous system and our hormones</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We also wanted to share with you a project that is very close to Nigel's heart -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.edinburghdirectaid.org/default.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh Direct Aid</a>.&nbsp;Nigel is currently supporting&nbsp;a music therapy project they are running in Lebanon.&nbsp;The Director of the project - Dr Denis Rutovitz, is a former Human Geneticist and Medical Researcher, and the Medical Adviser, Dr Colin Cooper, a hugely respected retired Edinburgh GP.&nbsp;Please do have a look at the work they do, they would be delighted with any support.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://thedoctorskitchen.com/?post_type=podcasts&amp;p=3211&amp;preview=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Please do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and guest links and resources for this podcast.</a></p>","author_name":"Dr Rupy Aujla"}