Javier Sanchez, is a talented young Bass player living at Helsinki – Finland.
He’s a graduate from the Complutense University of Madrid, the Berkley college of music, and more recently the Sibelius Academy – University of Arts Helsinki
In this interview, he tells us all about his life travel from the fields of Rock, Jazz & World music, and about his first true love – Flamenco.
Using Folk music, and Flamenco as a case study, he has come up with a fascinating new theory of how to turn his bass or any other low register music instrument really, into a dialogue with the singer.
Quarenta Podcast
40 minutes chat around Music & Finland
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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”