The Music and Sleep Conference 2026 is the first international conference adressing the rapidly growing research field of music and sleep. With an interdisciplinary perspective, we look forward to bringing together professionals and researchers from various fields to discuss advancements and innovations.
The conference will be hosted by Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University and is organized in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music and the European MSCA doctoral network Lullabyte.
Please learn more about the conference by reading below or clicking the headings in the menu to the left.
Associate Professor Kira Vibe Jespersen (Chair)
Jespersen is Associate Professor at Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus, Denmark.
Link: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/kira@clin.au.dk
Professor Jean-Julien Aucouturier
Aucouturier is Professor and senior CNRS researcher ("directeur de recherche") at the FEMTO-ST Institute, Besançon, France.
Link: https://www.femto-st.fr/en/femto-people/jeanaucouturier
Professor Margrethe Langer Bro
Langer Bro is Professor at The Royal Academy of Music and at The Danish National Academy of Music.
Link: https://musikkons.dk/en/about-djm/employees/margrethe-langer-bro
Silvia Genovese
Genovese is PhD student at Center for Music in the Brain and part of the EU MSCA network Lullabyte.
Link: https://www.au.dk/en/silviagenovese@clin.au.dk
Miriam Akkermann, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Thomas Andrillon, Paris Brain Institute, France
Leonardo Bonetti, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Martin Dresler, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Perfecto Herrera, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Sergi Jorda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Boris Kleber, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Cecilie Møller, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Victor Pando-Naude, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Sandra Pauletto, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Bjørn Petersen, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Björn Rasch, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Jan Stupacher, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Anna Zamorano, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark
Center for Music in the Brain, Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Lullabyte.
The International Conference on Music and Sleep 2026 is generously supported by the Carlsberg Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University and the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg.
The conference is hosted by Center for Music in the Brain which is a Center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. Center for Music in the Brain is an interdisciplinary research center at Aarhus University and the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark aiming to address the dual questions of how music is processed in the brain and how this can inform our understanding of fundamental principles behind brain functioning in general. Read more about Center for Music in the Brain here
