Gonçalo Cruz

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 - The redesign of the Säkkipilli in Finland”. Gonçalo has been 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, 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 worked as a music composer and guest musician on live and recorded performances, interpreting an array of European bagpipes, and whistles. Although his bagpipes ground him in the folk music universe, his original compositions are meant as storytelling, always evocative of images, clearly influenced by cinema soundtracks. Gonçalo is keen on developing the concept of “Music as Design”, and often collaborates in projects that involve video production and the visual arts. www.Finndit.org | www.GoncaloCruz.com

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