For those unfamiliar (like we were before seeing Ethereal’s videos), the handpan is a steel instrument that has divots of various sizes. Depending on how the divots are slapped, the instrument creates ...

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 first thing one noticed was the different arrangement of the percussion instruments. While the standard drumkit was ...

Some animals listen to music like humans, and their reactions to it can be very interesting. Mr. James Crossley is a musician who plays the gong and the handpan and he often visits the parks of London ...

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 ...

He’s got the whole world in his hands, has Manu Delago. The Austrian musician plays a tuned percussion instrument called a handpan, sometimes known as a hang, and loves the fact it allows him to ...

A handpan duo will perform in DeLand. DeLand musican Danny Sorenson and Michigan musician Jeremy Arndt each play handpan — a metal, circular percussion instrument shaped like a miniature UFO and which ...