by cruz | Sep 26, 2020 | Musician, News, Researcher
I have been invited to visit Estonia and attend the Torupilli Festival at Viljandi, on the past 23th September. The event is held in March but the organizers were forced to reschedule to September, due to Covid-19 restrictions. It is an familiar event, where one can...
by cruz | Jun 24, 2020 | Maker, News
We have visited the “Hakalan Puutukku oy” – a family-owned wood trading company in Finland. The company roots go back to 1947 when the Hakala brothers started the timber trade. From the beginning, the business focused on the supply of sawn timber and wood...
by cruz | May 30, 2020 | News, Researcher
It is my pleasure to announce that I have been granted with a “Researcher’s Post”, at the MuTri Doctoral School | Sibelius academy | University of the Arts Helsinki, for the duration of my doctoral program. After only half a year of having started my doctoral studies,...
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 Interceltic 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...
by cruz | Mar 9, 2020 | News, Researcher
I’m very glad to announce that I’ll be presenting my doctoral research “Forgotten Bagpipes – The Re-design of the Säkkipilli in Finland” tomorrow Tuesday 10th Mar, at the Sibelius Academy. It is a larger two day event called SibA Research...
Gonçalo Cruz
is a Researcher, Musician, Educator & Maker of Bagpipes & Woodwinds.
He holds a Masters in Architecture, and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Sibelius Academy - “Forgotten Bagpipes - The redesign of the Säkkipilli in Finland”. His research interests are in the disciplines of Music, Ethnomusicology, Organology, as well as Art & Design, History & Archeology, with a special interest in the subjects of Instrument building, Tuning and Temperament.
As an artist, Gonçalo has been working as a music composer and guest musician on live and recorded performances, and is keen in developing the concept of “Music as Design”