by cruz | Mar 10, 2022 | BNM 01
Patrik Weckman (Finland) Patrik is a folk musician and researcher, as well as a “Finnd’it initiative” member. He started by making small kanteles and jouhikko (bowed lyre) and learning to play them. Inspired by Hedningarna, 20 years ago he acquired is first bagpipe –...
by cruz | Mar 10, 2022 | BNM 02
FORGOTTEN WOODWINDS IN MUSEUMS “Musical instruments are not just like any other “object” in the museum storage. They are like living things, dying away in storage, begging to be played again. At least this is how the musician sees it! Without producing sound, these...
by cruz | Mar 10, 2022 | BNM 02
Musical instruments are dynamic systems – not static “conservable” objects, but items in a constant state of change, seasoning, adjustment and decay. They are also crucial indices of human activity – narratives of use and value – which can frequently...
by cruz | Mar 10, 2022 | BNM 02
Until two decades ago, reed aerophones were nearly absent in the Russian revival scene – due to the loss of ergological skills and, sometimes, to a lower emblematical value as national instruments. Nowadays, non-academic revivalists have gained much more knowledge...
by cruz | Mar 10, 2022 | BNM 02
The worlds of historical instrument making are human: a creative chaos characterised by inconsistency and cultural bias. Practice and intention are normally out of alignment. Uplifting knowledge and practical skills are either locked in silos or long dead. What are...
Gonçalo was born in Porto – Portugal.
He has been a Researcher & Maker of “Iberian Gaita” Bagpipes for the past 20 years.
He is a music composer and guest musician on live and recorded performances.
Gonçalo is also a designer & Educator, having earned a M.A. in Architecture and a tutor’s pedagogical aptitude certificate.
Gonçalo lives in Helsinki - Finland and is currently a Music PhD student at the Sibelius Academy researching the lost Finnish Säkkipilli