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After a focal dystonia, an oboe player returns to play in orchestra - Medecine des Arts

A musician, oboe player, suffering from focal dystonia, resumes his position in the orchestra 20 years after quitting. (...)
Playing music or listening to music collectively promotes a better quality of life, health, safety

Participate in collective music events, singing, or dancing or collectively practice these artistic practices promotes better "quality of life" in terms of well-being, health, safety, relationships and performance. (...)
A conductor bitten by a shark

The conductor Justus Frantz was bitten by a shark in one of the Hong Kong berries (...)
The severed ear of Van Gogh.

A letter from Dr. Rey who treated van Gogh in 1888, recently discovered, specifies that Van Gogh's ear was cut off in its entirety and not just the ear lobe. (...)
Your preference for consonant music is not inborn but depends on your cultural environment

A new study on an isolated tribe in the Amazon, the Tsimane, highlights the characteristics of Western music based on the consonance experienced as pleasant and dissonance experienced as unpleasant, are not innate. (...)
My health first, the singer Chaka Khan cancels her summer tour to enter rehab

Addicted to "anti-pain drugs," the singer Chaka Khan has expressed through the "Associated Press" indicating that she was dependent on the same drugs that led to the death of Prince. (...)
Joe Perry, Aerosmith guitarist suffered a heart attack on stage

Joe Perry, Aerosmith guitarist suffered a heart attack on stage during a concert July 10, 2016 in New York. (...)
When the music is good for health, Mozart, Strauss rather than ABBA

If the music of Mozart and Strauss is an important way to lower blood pressure and heart rate, this effect is not found in the music of ABBA. The maximum effect was found for the Symphony No. 40 in G minor (KV 550) (...)