28 August – 2 September 2026

Kickoff: Tuscany Research Retreat

The Healthy Strings network started with a research retreat in Lucca and Pisa, initiated by the Austrian Society for Music and Medicine (ÖGfMM): expert discussions, practical recordings with violinists, demonstrations of analysis methods and planning of joint projects.

Villa Cecilia, Lucca – base of the retreat, posture workshops and recordings with violinists
The “nerds” exchange – browser-based audio and video analysis with the SInES Tools, trajectory analysis and machine learning, sensorised violins: methods for markerless motion and sound
Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Boccherini, Lucca – exchange on violin performance and pedagogy, official presentation
Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca – funding and project discussions
The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa – robotics, sensors and movement analysis

Nine people in a courtyard of the Conservatorio Boccherini in Lucca — **Healthy Strings – Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Boccherini, Lucca**Front: Giorgio Stefano Gnecco, Alberto Carratello, Massimo Morelli (Director of the Conservatorio Boccherini), Alberto Bologni, Christoff Zalpour, Christoph Reuter. Behind: Tina Margareta Nilssen, Alessio Nacuzi, Matthias Bertsch.

Nine people in front of The BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa — **Healthy Strings – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa**Felix Klooss, Alessio Nacuzi, Alberto Carratello, Calogero Maria Oddo, Tina Margareta Nilssen, Matthias Bertsch, Christoff Zalpour, Giorgio Stefano Gnecco, Christoph Reuter.

Ten posts from the retreat

Published on the ÖGfMM Instagram channel and shared by the partner institutions. Click a post to see it in full size.