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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesInstitute of Musicology

Luca Matsukawa, B. A.

 

Vita

  • Since 04/2025 Research assistant in Systematic Musicology, CSML
  • Since 04/2023 Workshop instructor “Feel the beat. Beeinflusst Musik den Herzschlag?“ at Alfried-Krupp-Schülerlabor der Künste (in cooperation with the Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen)
  • Since 04/2023 M. A. Musicology at University of Cologne
  • 05/2024 – 03/2025 Student assistant at Cologne Systematic Musicology Lab (CSML), Institute of Musicology, University of Cologne
  • 10/2023 – 03/2024 Tutor for scientific writing at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
  • 01/2023 – 03/2023 Assistant to project management „Quellen.digital“ at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
  • 11/2022 – 02/2022 Standby-Nurse at University Hospital Cologne
  • 08/2022 – 12/2022 Internship and follow-up short-term employment as student assistant at Joseph Haydn-Institut, Cologne
  • 10/2021 – 03/2023 Student assistant of substitute professor Julian Caskel, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
  • 10/2019 – 01/2023 B. A. Musicology/Piano at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
  • 04/2015 – 03/2020 Nurse at University Hospital Cologne, oncology ward
  • 04/2012 – 03/2015 Nursing School at University Hospital Cologne
  • 05/2011 – 03/2012 Several internships and untrained employments
  • 07/2010 – 04/2011 Civilian service at St. Marien-Hospital Bonn, cardiological outpatients’ department
  • 06/2010 German higher education entrance qualification (Allgemeine Hochschulreife)

 

Research interests

  • Perception of Musical Tempo

  • Embodied Cognition of Music

  • Music therapy in somatic diseases

 

Presentations

  • Matsukawa, L. & Egermann, H. (3–4 March 2025). Embodied Perception of Musical Tempo. Körpergröße, Alter, musikalische und tänzerische Erfahrenheit beeinflussen wahrgenommenes Tempo in Musik [Presentation]. Meeting of the section Systematic Musicology within the German Musicological Society, Weimar, Germany.

  • Matsukawa, L. & Egermann, H. (21 January 2025). Individuelle Tempowahrnehmung in Musik [Presentation]. Guest session in the seminar „Musik und Körper“ by substitute professor Jana Weißenfeld at the Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany.

  • Matsukawa, L., Isfeldt, A., Peters, P., Qiu, X., Mädrich, J., Severijns, K., Thiesen, F. C. (3–6 July 2024). Older, wiser, better? No effects of perfomers‘ age and gender on the assessment of a solo piano performance [Poster]. ESCOM12, York, United Kingdom. https://youtu.be/d37VOmEMLmg

  • Matsukawa, L. (31–2 March/April 2023) Der Einfluss von Musik auf den Herzschlag [Presentation]. 35th DVSM junior scientists‘ symposium, Weimar, Germany.

 

Scholarships and other programmes

  • Research Master at a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne

  • Scholarship for Master’s and Bachelor’s programmes, granted by Stiftung Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung (foundation for supporting gifted students with beforehand work experience), funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

 

Publications

  • Hochgesand, M., Kreuzer, M. & Matsukawa, L. (2024). ESCOM12 – The 12th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 3.–6. Juli 2024, York, mit Hubs in Melbourne und La Plata. In R. Kopiez (Hrsg.), Musikpsychologie – Empirische Forschung – Ästhetische Experimente. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie: Band 32 (S. 198–201), Waxmann.

  • Matsukawa, L. (2024). Essen: Gut informiert in die Alte Musik. Vorstellung des Datenbankprojekts Quellen.digital an Folkwang, Forum Musikbibliothek: Beiträge und Informationen aus der musikbibliothekarischen Praxis 45(2), 31–35.

  • Matsukawa (2024). Musikauswahlmethoden musikmedizinischer Studien. Eine Analyse anhand von Studien mit dem Parameter Herzfrequenz, StiMMe 2/2 (2024), 32–57. https://doi.org/10.59714/stimme.v202440