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...
by cruz | Nov 20, 2019 | News
Available seats are limited! PLEASE inform us you will be attending by filling this FORM NOTE: If you already play some bagpipe, please become first a member of our Network, HERE and only afterwards enrol....
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