by cruz | Mar 13, 2022 | News
The bagpipe society has been organising these conferences for the past 6 years. It was, however, my first opportunity to attend. Many of the people I have met here I knew of – Some over the internet, others I had met briefly in the past, at a music festival,...
by cruz | Mar 11, 2022 | News
In the small, charming town of Morpeth, Northumberland, UK, there is the most wonderful bagpipe museum. I was extremely fortunate to be assisting Zexuan Qiao in his research on Border Pipes. We were received by a fellow piper and museum curator Anne Moore. We were...
by cruz | Mar 6, 2022 | News
My first time in Scotland could not have been more special. I was shown around town by two people that knew it well – Simon Waters (PhD.) and Zexuan Qiao (PhD.c) Sonic Arts Research Center – The Queen’s University of Belfast. Edinburgh is a very very...
by cruz | Sep 26, 2019 | research, Uncategorized
Patrik Weckman, a recent member of our growing Finnish piper’s network, has brought to our attention an interesting artwork by the painter Juho Rissanen (1873-1950). In picture 1 – “Kolme soittajaa” (Three players) – the 1928 sketch intended as a study for the...
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”