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Classical healing - music in dementia therapy? | Zorbey Turkalp | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews

2,207 views · Published 16 June 2014 · 13:39 · Indexed 26 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. All musical notes, chords and general combinations trigger infinitely different cerebral reactions. Can classical music, with its complexity and richness, help abate the onset of dementia? 

As a McEuen Scholar, Zorbey came to St Andrews to study medicine from Canada, and he graduated last year from his pre-clinical years. He is currently doing an intercalated Master of Research degree, studying the effects of lithium on neurons and how this might impact its use as a treatment for bipolar disorder. Zorbey is also passionate about classical music, and has been playing the piano for fifteen years, earning a diploma in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music Canada; in St Andrews, he teaches piano part-time and is the rehearsal pianist for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

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