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Music & Health Promotion

Ana Atalaia

Music & Public Health

Developing Artistic Formats for Health

Para ser grande sê inteiro.

DE: "To be great, be whole."

Ricardo Reis, 1933

Selected Artist for the 2026 National Call

"Art Meets Health"

by Arts for Health Austria

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Ana Atalaia

Music & Public Health

Developing Artistic Formats for Health

Selected Artist for the 2026 National Call
“Art Meets Health”
by ARTS for HEALTH AUSTRIA

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Music & Health 

Ana Atalaia

Singer and public health expert

Para ser grande sê inteiro

DE: "To be great, be whole."

Ricardo Reis, 1933

Singer and public health expert

Singer & Public Health Expert

Para ser grande sê inteiro.

DE: "To be great, be whole."

Ricardo Reis, 1933

Ana Atalaia

Music & Public Health

Developing Artistic Formats for Health

Selected Artist for the 2026 National Call
"Art Meets Health"
by Arts for Health Austria

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Para ser grande sê inteiro.

EN: "To be great, be whole."

Ricardo Reis, 1933

Artistic Formats

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Artistic pause format in healthcare

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Early music & Baroque Singing

Curated artistic programmes

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Talks & Workshops

Arts in Health

Music & Public Health

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Music & Public Health

I believe that art can promote health.

As a classically trained soprano specialising in Early Music, I am fascinated by the question of how music can move people and become part of everyday life. Whether in the concert hall, healthcare settings or public spaces, I develop artistic formats that create opportunities for connection, emotional experience and well-being through music.

My background in Public Health shapes the way I conceive and develop these projects. For me, health promotion is not only about prevention, but also about creating spaces where people can pause, listen and regain energy. At the intersection of music and Public Health, I combine artistic practice with scientific thinking to develop new artistic formats for health promotion.

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I believe that art can promote health.

As a classically trained soprano specialising in Early Music, I am fascinated by the question of how music can move people and become part of everyday life. Whether in the concert hall, healthcare settings or public spaces, I develop artistic formats that create opportunities for connection, emotional experience and well-being through music.

My background in Public Health shapes the way I conceive and develop these projects. For me, health promotion is not only about prevention, but also about creating spaces where people can pause, listen and regain energy. At the intersection of music and Public Health, I combine artistic practice with scientific thinking to develop new artistic formats for health promotion.

Music & Public Health

What Shapes My Work

Artistic Practice

Developing new artistic formats at the intersection of music, health and society

Public Health

Master's degree in Public Health with a focus on health promotion, prevention and the development of innovative models of care

Historically Informed Performance

Training in classical singing with a focus on historically informed performance and Baroque repertoire

Clinical Practice

My clinical perspective is shaped by patient-centred care, low-threshold access, primary care, interprofessional collaboration and the needs of healthcare professionals

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PROJECT

PAUSE

Artistic pause format in healthcare

PAUSE invites people to pause and breathe through live singing accompanied by a historical instrument.

Once a week, around lunchtime, a space opens within the clinical environment where staff members, patients and relatives can come and go freely at any time. Each person shapes their own pause.

The selected Early Baroque songs intentionally address fundamental emotions. Each piece lasts no longer than three minutes.

Even a single song can be a PAUSE.

Short Songs

1-3 minutes from the early Baroque period

For Everyone

Staff, patients & relatives

Start: June 2026

Hospital Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Graz

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Funded by

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An excerpt from the project "Pause"

On stage

Concerts

Upcoming Performances

PAUSE - Artistic pause format in healthcare

Tuesdays, 23 June – 28 July 2026

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Chapel of the Hospital

Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Graz, Austria

Ana Atalaia, Concept & Soprano

Kurt Leodolter, Lute

Listening in Nursing

15 Oktober 2026

3:00 PM

Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Graz, Austria

Ana Atalaia, Concept & Sopran

Early Music Ensemble of the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory

Fairy Queen

Ana Atalaia, Sopran

Orchester: idba - I dilletanti barocchi austriaci

Conducted by Jakob Rattinger

2 November 2026

Time to be announced

GGZ Church "Albert Schweizer", Albert-Schweizer-Gasse 36, 8020 Graz

Ana Atalaia, Sopran

Orchester: idba - I dilletanti barocchi austriaci

Leitung: Jakob Rattinger

Fairy Queen

Ana Atalaia, Sopran

Orchester: idba - I dilletanti barocchi austriaci

Conducted by Jakob Rattinger

10 January 2027

Time to be announced

Salzburg

Ana Atalaia, Sopran

Orchester: idba - I dilletanti barocchi austriaci

Leitung: Jakob Rattinger

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Talks

My talks explore the intersection of music, arts and Public Health. Bringing together artistic practice and scientific perspectives, they invite audiences to rethink how music can contribute to health, well-being and healthcare.

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Culture & Health Forum 2026

8-9 September 2026

Vienna, AT

Artists' showcasing

8. September 

13:30

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28. Annual Conference ÖGPH

8-9 September 2026

Vienna, AT

Lecture

September 18

 8:30 AM

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Music & Health Promotion

Contact

E-mail

Location

Graz, Austria

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