ENG: My current transdisciplinary project, “From Native Bamboos to Indigenous Flutes”, funded by the German Research Foundation, will conclude in two weeks. As I reach the end of this two-year journey, I am publishing a policy paper on musical bamboos on the website of Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA. This document summarizes the current sustainability challenges […]
Musical Bamboos in The Sound of Change Podcast
Yesterday, my contribution to the podcast “The Sound of Change: Musikinstrumente im Wandel von Umwelt, Gesellschaft und Digitalität” (Musical Instruments in the Transformation of Environment, Society, and Digitality) was published by Melusina Press. Many thanks to Anne Baillot and Torsten Roeder for this opportunity, and to Celia Fritze-Nabjinsky for the production and editing. Here is […]
Bambúes Musicales: Un Poema de Luis Vasquez
Agradezco profundamente a Luis Vasquez (Tintin) por este hermoso poema el cúal nos presentó en la presentación de mis libros el mes pasado en el Ayllu K’alaqaya. LOS BAMBÚES MUSICALES: Achachilas, wak’as, apus tutelaresEl viento sopla melodías ancestralesLos Andes lloran su memoria musicalY como lágrimas, los ríos recorren su identidadHasta llegar a los Yungas: Zongo, […]
3preguntas@RuthmeryPillcoHuarcaya
ENG: Regarding recent records of Jukumaris or Andean bears in areas of the Yungas of La Paz, for example in Chojlla and the Mururata mountain range, a place where tuquru bamboo is collected, I am very pleased to invite Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya to the next interview in 3preguntas@. I had already introduced her in one […]
Presentation: The Future of Musical Bamboos
ENG: In a few hours, I will be presenting at Ayllu K’alaqaya, Villa Dolores, in El Alto, on the future of musical bamboos. This event promises a vibrant debate on sustainability challenges and how we can contribute to addressing them. With music of Ayllua K’alaqaya, Elenco Autoctono Jach’a Tunupa, and Taqui Acllas. Comments by Carlos […]
Photographic Exhibition and Book Presentation
Last Tuesday, I presented my photobook and practice manual at the Casa Museo Iné Córdova – Gil Imaná in the city of La Paz. The event began and concluded with musical performances. Special thanks to flute maker Marcelino Mollo Villca for demonstrating the art of making panpipes. And a thousand thanks to everyone who was […]
Upcoming Presentation in the National Art Museum in La Paz
ENG: Thanks to Rolando Flores for having invited me to participate in the 2nd Seminar on Autochthonous Music of Bolivia: Sonorities, Territories and Projection, orgnized by the ensemble Aires Indios. The program looks very interesting, and I will be presenting on November 28th new insights into a sound ecology of musical bamboos. ESP: Gracias a […]
Short Film Shooting Session in the Zongo Valley
ENG: Today, I am sharing some impressions from last week’s shooting session in the Zongo Valley. We took amazing shots in Milluni, Huayna Potosí, Laguna Viscachani, and, of course, in the Yungas cloud forest environment of the Zongo Valley. It was just amazing, and every time it is an impressive experience to travel into the […]
Music-Making Materials Edited Volume OUT NOW!
ENG: Exactly one year after our international conference about natural resource use and sustainability in musical instrument making, I am happy to share with you the published edited volume with contributions from this conference (open access through the UniHil Press hompage here). Thanks to Silke Lichtenberg for co-editing this book and to all contributors who […]
Musical Bamboo Monograph
ENG: Today is World Bamboo Day, an initiative established in 2009 by the World Bamboo Organization (WBO) to raise global awareness of bamboo’s environmental, economic, and cultural benefits. As this is a special day, I would like to share here a preliminary table of contents as well as the beginning of the introduction to my […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 