Author: Better Call Pablo

Güiros from the master craftsman Misson of Portugal. Normally used to play the piece ‘Fell’ by Enno Poppe. Güiros created in collaboration with each performer specially adapted to their needs. Standard sizesSmall Güiro 50-60cmMedium Güiro 60-70cmLarge güiro 70-80cm Antonio Gaggiano Santiago Villar

Instrument commissioned by the Hochschule für Musik Basel for the piece Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ by Hans Zender (1936-2019) performed by the Ensemble Diagonal on 30 March 2025 at 19:30Uhr in the Grosser Saal at the Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW (Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4051 Basel).

My idea is to create a game by occupying a certain space. In this case, I present a giant version of the classic children’s game in which a marble hits percussion instruments placed on the road at the same time as the marble generates noise by passing over different surfaces. In this installation, any member…

Version of the instrument invented by Luigi Russolo in 1913, in which the sound of the vibration of the string, when it is rubbed by the wheel moved by the player with the crank, is amplified by a snare drum with natural skins, due to the proximity that I consider that the instrument has with…