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 ...

The handpan is a melodic dome-shaped percussion instrument. It’s recently garnered interest at Pleasant Mountain Music in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rafael Sotomayor playing handpan at Yugong Yishan in Beijing. Photo: Li Hao/GT Rafael Sotomayor from Santiago, Chile, is only 35 years old, but he had visited 50 different countries before he came to ...

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: ...

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.

Valeriy Frolov could pass for any Goa musician. Dressed in harem pants, the young Ukrainian hops from gig to gig, playing ethno-fusion music in the boho cafes of Arambol. What sets him apart from ...