Team and partners
The people behind Healthy Strings
Nineteen researchers, clinicians and musicians from nine institutions in Austria, Italy, Germany and Australia. Scientific coordination: Matthias Bertsch (mdw) and Christoph Reuter (University of Vienna).
| Name | Focus in Healthy Strings | Profile |
|---|---|---|
 Motion-Emotion-Lab, Centre for Music Physiology, mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna | ||
| Matthias Bertsch | Research coordination; music physiology, musical acoustics, multimodal measurement | ORCID |
| Alexandra Türk-Espitalier | Physiotherapy and musicians’ health; posture assessment, violin pedagogy | ORCID |
| Tina Margareta Nilssen | Music performance and movement; Timani method, expert assessment | |
| Tobias Großhauser | Sensor technology and interaction design; sensorised instruments | |
| SInES Lab, Department of Musicology, University of Vienna, Vienna | ||
| Christoph Reuter | Scientific coordination; musical acoustics, audio analysis, SInES Tools | ORCID |
| Felix Klooss | Audiovisual analysis, SInES Tools, data processing | |
 The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa | ||
| Calogero Maria Oddo | Biorobotics, artificial touch, neuroprosthetics, sensor technology | ORCID |
| Veronica Santoro | Biorobotics, functional movement analysis, data analysis | |
| Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Boccherini, Lucca | ||
| Alessio Nacuzi | Violin pedagogy, biorobotics, motion capture, data collection | |
| Alberto Carratello | Violin performance and pedagogy, music technology, data collection | |
| Alberto Bologni | Violin performance and pedagogy, recruitment of musicians | |
| Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca, Lucca | ||
| Giorgio Stefano Gnecco | Machine learning, data science, movement trajectories | ORCID |
| Casa Paganini – InfoMus, University of Genoa, Genoa | ||
| Antonio Camurri | Expressive movement, multimodal interaction, computational analysis of performance | ORCID |
| Gualtiero Volpe | Movement and trajectory analysis, multimodal interaction | ORCID |
 Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, INAP/O, Osnabrück | ||
| Christoff Zalpour | Physiotherapy, prevention, functional movement analysis | ORCID |
| Nikolaus Ballenberger | Epidemiology and biomechanics in upper string players | ORCID |
| Dirk Möller | Physiotherapy, EMG, motion analysis, clinical reasoning | ORCID |
| Elisabeth Grain | Physiotherapy and performance coaching; doctoral candidate in Osnabrück | |
 The University of Sydney, Sydney | ||
| Bronwen Ackermann | Performing arts health, musicians’ physiotherapy; also Honorary Professor in Osnabrück | ORCID |
The Austrian Society for Music and Medicine (ÖGfMM), Working Group Science, hosts this website and supported the research retreat 2026. Several team members are also members of the ÖGfMM.