Marcella Mandanici is music composer and full professor of Music Didactics at the Music Conservatory of Brescia(Italy). She obtained a MSc in Music Technology from the Conservatory of Como (2012) and a PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Padova under the supervision of Sergio Canazza (2016). Her research focuses on interactive spaces for motion-based music applications aimed at music education, composition, expressive performance, learning and rehabilitation.