ENG: I am happy to announce the official publication of the Musical Bamboos Photo Book (in Spanish). Many thanks go to the Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA team around Daniel Larrea, Natalia Gil Ostria, and Gabriel Fernández, for their productive collaboration and the time spent over the last months. I am also grateful to A Tiempo […]
The Archaeology of Musical Bamboos
ENG: As a follow up on the interview in 3preguntas@ with Henry Stobart (here), I would like to propose to read my article “The Archaeology of Musical Bamboos: Native Bamboos and Pre-Hispanic Flutes on the Andean Altiplano around Lake Titicaca (A First Approximation)”. In this article, I discuss three archaeological questions that arose during my […]
3preguntas@HenryStobart
ENG: For this interview in 3preguntas@, Henry Stobart will tell us some interesting aspects regarding julajula making and the use of suqusa cane in Northern Potosí region. Henry is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Music Department of Royal Holloway University of London and counts with more than 30 years of research experience in the Bolivian […]
Shooting Sessions for Documentary Short Film
ENG: I am working currently on a documentary short-film about the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes. I am happy that I could get Bolivian film maker Marcelo Ajpi and his wife Mónica (who is recording audio) on board for this project, which will benefit from Marcelo’s cinematographic expertise and experience. We want to show […]
Research Stay at MUSEF in La Paz
ENG: In March, I reviewed some bamboo flutes from the collection at the Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore (MUSEF) in La Paz. I examined several qantu phukuna and jach’a sikuri panpipes that were crafted in December 2007 by a luriri from Walata Grande, who used the renowned chhalla from the Zongo Valley. Some of […]
3preguntas@HenrySpiller
ENG: For the march interview in 3preguntas@, I am happy to invite Henry Spiller. Henry Spiller is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis (here). His research focuses on Sundanese music and dance from West Java, Indonesia, and on issues of gender and sexuality in music. His most recent […]
Advances in Collaboration with Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA
ENG: During a working meeting with Conservación Amazónica-ACEAA on Monday, I received the proof copy of my photobook. We’re almost there—what an exciting time! The book will be published in Spanish in a limited print edition, and it will also be available digitally in both English and Spanish on the ACEAA homepage. Simultaneously, we are […]
3preguntas@ElizabethClendinning&IndraSadguna
ENG: For the next interview in 3preguntas@, I am delighted to present Elizabeth Clendinning and Indra Sadguna. Elizabeth A. Clendinning is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Music at Wake Forest University (USA), where she teaches courses in global and popular music and directs the university’s Balinese gamelan ensemble. Her research engages with transnational […]
Workshop with Silke Lichtenberg
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, […]
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 […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 