Rickard Åström

Pianist, Composer, Musical Director, Researcher

Lectures

Rickard is a frequent lecturer, invited to Universities, health institutions, music festivals etc. He shares insights from the research project he is involved in and illustrates by performing live music at the Piano. He also conducts live experiments, revealing the heart rates of singers while singing, studying the Heart rate synchronization.

Previous venues: The Royal College of Music, London, Karolinska institute, Stockholm, American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Universities in the USA and Australia, Ted talks, Music and Choir Festivals, and more.

Contact Rickard for Lectures, or, if you want more than a lecture:
Heartstrings, a Performance combining Science, Music, Heart and Connection.

Performing in Swiss TV

Royal College of Music, London

Heart pulse of Performers visualised

Choir festival Umeå

Performing during Ted Talk

 

It occupies your thoughts long after it’s over

“A sign of having witnessed something very good and engaging is when it occupies your thoughts long after it’s over. That’s how it was today
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Willy Berg

Something for the ear, for the heart, for the brain

“Your presentation should be a model for all presentations. Apart from the content, that I just loved, it was a presentation that had it all.
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Dianne
Teacher, Newcastle, Australia

Thank you for your brilliant and captivating lecture!

“Thank you for your brilliant and captivating lecture! We now carry a lot of dedication and interest in music and how it affects our health.
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Ulrika Haglund, Principal
Vistaholm Cultural Preschool

Inspired me to keep singing

“Fabulously interesting, Nicely presented, Inspired me to keep singing, Wonderful Synchronisation between Music and Health, Inclusive.”

Anonymous
Reactions in survey after lecture at National Centre for Early Music, York, UK

 

Watch my Lecture in Music and Health from Karolinska institute November 18 1999. Performance include live music and live monitoring of Hearts of Choir singers. Lecture is in English.Föreläsning i musik och Hälsa från konferens om Spetspatienter på Karolinska institutet.