ENG: As part of my project, I will be organizing several workshops in 2025 that focus on various aspects of natural resource use and sustainability in musical instrument making. At the end of January, I hosted the first workshop of this series with Silke Lichtenberg. In her workshop, titled “Cultural-Ecological Systems: Linking Musical Instrument Making, […]
Month: January 2025
Climate Change and Musical Bamboos
ENG: I am happy to announce the publication of a chapter in Sara Beimdieke and Julian Caskel’s (2025) edited volume on Music and Climate Change. Thanks to the editors for including my chapter into the edited volume. In this article, I have analyzed the effects of land-use changes and deforestation-related bamboo habitat loss. The Andean […]
Chhalla Sourcing Region: Alto Beni
ENG: Alto Beni is not only one of the municipalities of Caranavi province (La Paz department) but also defines a natural geographic area (broader ecoregion), partially integrated within the departments of La Paz, Cochabamba, and Beni. It is situated in the syncline valley of the mid-course of the Beni River (called Alto Beni or Mosetén […]
3preguntas@GérardBorras
ENG: In 2025 I am going to start a new interview series called 3preguntas@, in which I ask bamboo musicians and scholars to answer three questions related to their works and the world of the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes and beyond. I am delighted to have the first session with Gérard Borras, who […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 