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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

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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



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

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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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.








