Gastvortrag in englischer Sprache mit Gonçalo Cruz (Helsinki)
Forgotten Bagpipes of the Baltic Sea
Dienstag, 25. April 2023, 20.00 Uhr
Seminarraum des Instituts für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie
(AW U 0213), Ungargasse 14, 2. Stock, 1030 Wien
Gonçalo Cruz is a Musician, Researcher & Maker of Bagpipes & Woodwinds. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Architecture and is currently a Doctor of Music candidate at the Sibelius Academy - “Forgotten Bagpipes of the Baltic Sea - Redesigning the Säkkipilli in Finland”.
Gonçalo was involved in the revival process of local Gaita bagpipes in Portugal, by researching, playing, teaching and building bagpipes as well as maintaining a professional bagpipe-making workshop that he has now moved to Helsinki, and transformed into a “Woodwind Research Lab.”
His research interests are in the disciplines of Music, Music instruments studies, Ethnomusicology, Art & Design, History and Archeology, with a special interest in the subjects of Instrument Building, Tuning and Temperament.
