Music making and music listening today: Challenges and opportunities

“Music making and music listening today: Challenges and opportunities” spans a wide array oftopics, including music creation, perception, and the impact of music on individuals andgroups. Contributions cover areas such as affect dynamics (Borghesi et al.), immersive listening(Vogt et al.), collaborative creativity (Sarcinella et al.), emotion attribution (Cancer et al.), auto-biographical memory (O’Shea et al.), and memory stimulation (Bencivenni et al.).As Guest Editors, we are pleased to present a collection of articles that explore the evolvingways in which individuals interact with music, both as creators and listeners. These contribu-tions address critical challenges in the field, from methodological innovations to understandingthe social and cognitive impacts of music, while also highlighting exciting opportunities forfuture research and application.