Gianluca Pistoia from Italy, who plays handpan at meditation sessions across the world, talks about the instrument A hotel lobby, busy and buzzing. Amid all the activity, a foreigner walks in and ...

Oval Sound has created the very first digital HandPan instrument aptly named OVAL that allows you to play, learn and perform music thanks to its companion smartphone and tablet application. Even ...

Taking up a soothing musical instrument like the handpan may just be the perfect way to start or enhance a self-care routine. I'm a visual storyteller, working primarily in the medium of photography ...

Josiah Collett, a 10-year-old autistic boy from Broxbourne, England, had always struggled with social interactions. But things were getting worse. In school, his peers told him that he shouldn’t be ...

It is also said to be grabbing the attention of amateur and seasoned musicians in India. Relaxing, pleasing, calming, meditative — common adjectives handpan players use while talking about the ...

During a tense scene in Netflix’s hit drama Narcos, a Colombian official confronts Pablo Escobar over his prolific drug smuggling, and their standoff is punctuated by the strange sounds of a metallic ...

John Guinta knows stress: For two decades he was an air traffic controller responsible for guiding airplanes — with all those people inside — into safe takeoffs and landings. He knows relaxation too: ...

(From left) Jimmy Ch’ng, Bernard Goh, Phang Jian Hao, and Kok Wei sharing a light moment during a rehearsal at the Hands Percussion Studio. (Muhaimin Marwan@FMT Lifestyle) Upon first glance, the ...

The first thing one noticed was the different arrangement of the percussion instruments. While the standard drumkit was placed at the back, the front was adorned by three handpans next to each other.

The Austrian percussionist, on his journey from drums to handpan, collaborations with Indian and global artistes, and bringing his trio back to India for a seven-city tour The first thing one noticed ...