Education
Utrecht University
PhD in Musicology/ Linguistics on Drum Languages
University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar / Friedrich Schiller University Jena
B.A. in Musicology and Cultural Anthropology (2012–2015)
M.A. in Transcultural Music Studies (2015–2018)
Teaching experience
University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar / Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Lecturer and research assistent (2018–2019)
Academic Seminars: on Brazilian music and transcultural music aesthetics
Artistic Research Seminars: Brazilian choro/ instrumental music and samba batucada, Kenyan choral music
Utrecht Conservatory (HKU)
Guest teacher for Brazilian percussion and band coaching (2025)
TU Delft
Teacher for Latin American percussion at X TU Delft (ongoning)
Publications
González, Mariano, and Tiago de Oliveira Pinto. “The Brazilian Berimbau Musical Bow.” In 1st Bow Music Conference Proceedings, Grahamstown, 2017. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v10i3.2208.
González, Mariano. “Vorschlag einer Transkriptions- und Analysemethode für die Trommelmusik des brasilianischen Candomblé.” In Global – digital – medial: Musik in transkulturellen/traditionellen Räumen und Kontexten: Bericht über die Jahrestagung des ICTM Deutschland, Münster, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17879/53069468372.
González, Mariano. “Brasilien: Historischer Abriss.” In MGG Online, edited by Laurenz Lütteken. Kassel/Stuttgart/New York: Bärenreiter, Metzler, RILM, 2016. https://www.mgg-online.com/articles/mgg15182/2.0/mgg15182.
González, Mariano. “Brasilien: Popularmusik.” In MGG Online, edited by Laurenz Lütteken. Kassel/Stuttgart/New York: Bärenreiter, Metzler, RILM, 2016. https://www.mgg-online.com/articles/mgg15182/2.0/mgg15182.
González, Mariano, and Olupemi Oludare. “The Instruments, Sounds and Techniques of the Speech Surrogacy Systems of the Nigerian Yoruba Dùndún and Bàtá Drums: Notes on the Interface Between Organology and Phonology in Drum Languages.” Frontiers in Communication 6 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.652542.
González, Mariano. “Berimbau, Pandeiro and Atabaque: Three Musical Stories from Afro-Brazilian Diaspora.” In The Cambridge Companion to Music in Brazil, edited by Rogério Budasz and Tiago de Oliveira Pinto. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
González, Mariano de Figueiredo. Grammatical Structures in Yoruba Drum Music and Speech Surrogacy Traditions. Amsterdam, 2025. https://dx.medra.org/10.48273/LOT0700.