11th Scientific Conference and Workshops “Music in Human Auditory Development” titled
“Through the ear to the heart – a review of distant sounds”
17 July 2025
World Hearing Center in Kajetany
This year, the conference and workshops will focus on using music in the therapy and rehabilitation of people with hearing impairments. We will study the intersection of music therapy and medicine from a global perspective, exploring the relations between these fields. We invite you to listen to interesting lectures whose topics – like inseparable sounds in a musical phrase – are linked by an invisible thread that unites medicine, rehabilitation, therapy, and music into one.
Program
10:00–10:30 Lecture “Music, medicine and world – activities of the team of the World Hearing Center on four continents” Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, MD, PhD dr h.c. multi
10:30–11:00 Lecture “Perception of music by cochlear implant users – results of scientific research” Prof. Artur Lorens, PhD
11:00–11:30 Lecture “The Four Strings of the World – Music Therapy Inspired by Music from Different Cultures” Agnieszka Sepioło, MA
11:30–12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:45 Workshop “Through the Ear to the Heart – a workshop full of shared sounds, improvisation, breathing, and rest through music” Agnieszka Sepioło, MA
12:45 – 14:00 Break
14:00 – 14:45 Workshop “Relaxation in Motion and Stillness – how movement can lead to relaxation, focus, and calm” Krzysztof Stachyra, Ph.D.
15:00 – 15:45 Workshop on Nordoff-Robbins music therapy Dominika Dopierała
Lectures and workshops will take place in the Atrium hall, World Hearing Center, Kajetany. There will be no internet transmission.
Sign up by email to festiwal@ifps.org.pl before 10 July 2025. Email should be titled ‘conference’. Participation in the Conference is free of charge.
