We will meet before the microphone to continue the stories between medicine and music. In the first show with prof. Rector from Brno, medicine was at the forefront, namely invasive neurological diagnostics and the question of the effect of music and its acoustic elements on the triggering of bioelectric potentials in the brain in epilepsy. Music, then, as a means of non-pharmacological modulation of brain function. In the second broadcast, we heard about the beginnings of the use of music for therapeutic purposes in Central Europe, especially in social psychiatry in the treatment of alcoholism and neurological disorders. Our guest, prof. Breitenfeld from Zagreb, said at the time that he thought the most suitable candidate for a music therapist was someone who could bring people closer with music in any environment, like a village chaplain. Music as a human unifier, a bonding element that relaxes, soothes, and opens people up to one another, sometimes with the capacity to stimulate development or repair impaired neurological functions.
This time around, head physician Igor Mihael Ravnik, M.D., will be talking to music therapist Mr. Giuseppe Pino Poclen and his assistant in the music therapy workshops he runs, neuropsychologist prof. Vali Glavič Tretnjak. In his career, Mr. Poclen has moved from music teacher and music animator to music therapist, and he further specialises in non-verbal music therapy. He is ready to show us his extensive work, in words and recordings, from his engagement in many areas of human needs from childhood to late old age, some of it in Slovenia. Today's and next week's show has been dedicated to this field, followed by a demonstration of domestic music therapy work and a discussion with a foreign expert on research in the neurophysiology and neuropsychology of music, and the evidence-based role of music in human development and illness.
In previous broadcasts prepared and hosted by neuropediatrician, head physician Igor Mihael Ravnik, we met a Czech neurologist interested in music not only as an emotional stimulus but also in terms of its physical-acoustic influence on brain function. We found out it carries potential to improve brain function, but not necessarily in all cases.
We also spoke to a Croatian pioneer of music therapy, a psychiatrist who has used music therapy to relax, unite and socialise or as a rehabilitation tool for speech disorders.
This edition features the second part of our conversation with polyvalent musician Mr. Pino Giuseppe Poclen, who became a music therapist with specialized non-verbal psychodynamic orientation, and follows his long journey from being a music teacher and animator to putting himself and his skills at the service of the severely handicapped, the developmentally disabled, the sick and the elderly in Italy and also in Slovenia, so as to improve the quality of their lives. We will also be joined by his assistant in the music therapy workshops he runs, the neuropsychologist prof. Vali Glavić Tretnjak, a specialist in clinical psychology with a particular interest in neuropsychology.
Credits
Author and Host • Igor M Ravnik
Guests • Giuseppe Pino Poclen, Vali Glavič Tretnjak
Editors • Saška Rakef, Tina Ogrin
Anchors • Lidija Hartman, Barbara Zupan
Sound Designers • Jon Čergan, Miha Klemenčič
Technical support and Coordination • Anže Ančimer
Proofreading • Mojca Blažej Cirej
Produced by • Radio Slovenija, B-AIR
Premiere • 25th of February 2021 and 4th of March 2021