September 2025

The next musical instrument? Your brain!
Walter Werzowa, Olivier Oullier
What if you could play a symphony just by thinking? In this mind-bending performance, composer Walter Werzowa and neuroscientist Olivier Oullier use brain-computer interfaces to translate neural activity into music. Blending AI, neuroscience and performance, they explore how technology and thoughts can synchronize to create sound in entirely new ways.

  • Credits

    “Music is in the Brain of the Beholder”

    Artistic Direction:
    Walter Werzowa
    Olivier Oullier
    Garson Yu

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    Conductor:
    Walter Werzowa

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    Musicians:
    Greg Lion, Keyboards (TRAX Records & Maison Jacques x Gregory)
    Jacques Lavoisier    , Theremin & drums (TRAX Records & Maison Jacques xGregory)
    Olive Yu
    Lucia Kaplowitz    , Violin I
    Yurika Shima    , Violin II
    Marie Alma Schmidt    , Viola
    Johanna Sontacchi    , Cello
    John Luker Sample    , Orchestra
    Julius Meisse    , String Quartet

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    Musical Direction, Recording, Remix and Arrangements:
    Walter Werzowa

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    Musical Excerpts:
    Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, opus 314

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    Sound Engineers
    Gabe Moffat
    Austin Hagen, MusikVergnuegen
    Julius Meisse, MusikVergnuegen
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    Visual Art Direction:
    Garson Yu, yU+co
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    Visual Production
    yU+co Hollywood
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    Live Visual Art Performance:
    Doina Cezara Procopciuc
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    Neuroscience
    Olivier Oullier
    Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

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    Brain-Computer Interface & neuroadaptive AI
    Inclusive Brains

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    Narration authors
    Olivier Oullier
    Walter Werzowa

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    Voiceover
    Eleven Labs
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    A special thank you to
    Martin Wilhelm Draxler for the creative connection
    HealthTunes
    DJs4good
    Biotech Dental Group

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