by cruz | May 9, 2022 | News, Researcher
From Stockholm Airport, I and Zexuan made our way by car directly to the Dalarna region. It is the renowned bagpipe region of Sweden. The Dalarna museum is in the town of Falun. Simon Langwagen welcomed us into the museum and gave us full access to the bagpipe...
by cruz | May 9, 2022 | News, Researcher
From the Dalarna museum, we followed John Goodacre by car to the Folk music House “Folkmusikens hus” in the town of Rättvi. John, believe it or not, is also a piper, and the nephew of the English bagpipe maker Julian Goodacre. He has permanently relocated to Sweden,...
by cruz | May 7, 2022 | News, Researcher
It was an incredible experience to share my research at the Conference: “Artistic research: various fields, approaches, experiences” It was organised by the Latvian Academy of Music, in the beautiful city of Riga. The conference had a myriad of subject...
by cruz | May 6, 2022 | News, Researcher
Following the survey we did of the 14 bagpipes at the National History Museum in Riga, we visited the open Museum of the same city, to analyse two more instruments. It was worth the visit, as one of the bagpipes had the cow horn seemingly intact. It was an interesting...
by cruz | May 5, 2022 | News, Researcher
My research on the bagpipes of the baltic would not be completed without a thorough understanding of the Duda phenomenon in Latvia. With Zexuan Qiao (PhD.c) and Krishna Nagaraja (PhD.c) as research assistants, I had the opportunity to analyze, document and measure in...
by cruz | Mar 20, 2022 | News, Researcher
I have just been introduced to the SARC – Sonic Arts Research Center – The Queen’s University of Belfast. Zexuan Qiao has been kind to share his knowledge of 3D printing. Coming to his Doctoral research home, after he and his supervisor Dr Simon...
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”