by cruz | Mar 4, 2022 | BNM 02
An Assortment of pipes – Play us a tune, will you? Open stage to speakers and audience
by cruz | Mar 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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...
by cruz | Mar 4, 2022 | BNM 02
3D printers have been widely available to the commercial market for over a decade now. This technology has resulted in many innovative music projects over the years. How can we use 3D printing for musical instrument making? This presentation will reveal such...
by cruz | Feb 16, 2022 | News, RECENT
FREE ADMISSION, 4th March 2022 LIVE at the Musiikkitalo, Helsinki or via ZOOM https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/66930191508 We are happy to announce the 2nd edition of our Bagpipe Network meeting. The theme of this year’s edition is Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums....
by cruz | May 2, 2020 | News, video
The second episode of “Piper Staccato – A short interview”, this time with Marieke Van Ransbeeck Piper staccato, a podcast produced by Gonçalo Cruz, is aimed as an international pro-bono project creating cultural bridges. On this episode, this...
by cruz | Apr 20, 2020 | News, video
The 2020 FIL – Festival Interceltique Lorient, appears not to have been cancelled… At least so far. Every year a different world culture is celebrated. This year’s edition, the 50th, is under the theme “Bretagne” (Brittany) and will take place from the 7th-16th of...
by cruz | Apr 2, 2020 | News, video
Finnd’it founder, Gonçalo Cruz, presented his doctoral research “Forgotten Bagpipes – The Re-design of the Säkkipilli in Finland” at the Musiikkitalo (Helsinki Music Center) on Tuesday 10th March. He introduced the audience to our project – “The...
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