Workshop
Music
Handpan Workshop
Day 1: 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Day 2: 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Studio 9
Handpan was created in Switzerland at the beginning of the 21st century. It is mainly made of carbon steel or stainless steel and has only been 23 years since debut, and its sound is soft and warm, which makes people feel calm, peaceful and healing.
Handpan has the characteristics of many others musical instruments in one, players can compose with and play percussion, melody, harmonic and other different skills on handpan at the same time, but also according to the differences of various scales and their own music style, create unique music works.
The player can choose the scale of the instrument itself when ordering the handpan, such as major, minor, harmonic minor etc., in addition to more clearly know the feeling of playing the instrument, but also greatly reduce the difficulty of playing and composing, very suitable for friends without music foundation as a musical instrument on the road of entry.
In this workshop, we will give a brief introduction to handpans and focus on learning how to use the correct muscle inertia to produce sound, while also sharing how to play handpans using different composition techniques and musical styles.
About the Artiste / Group
Established in early 2022, Ruwano Handpan Studio is dedicated to promoting and educating the art and music of handpan, as well as offering systematic piano lessons.
Jasper Tan, the founder of the studio, has 9 years of handpan performance experience and 5 years of teaching experience, with a systematic understanding of handpan culture. Their studio also offers customized handpans of different types and materials to meet the needs of learners at different levels and with different musical styles.
In the first year after the studio was established, they hosted and participated in about 50 different music festivals and cross-genre performances, including Tiny Projects Handpan Concert, Music Ring Malaysia Handpan Concert, Global Handpan Online Concert, Mangroove Music Festival, Wushu Fusion Dance Theatre Performance, I-City CNY Session, OM Yoga Retreat Live Session, One Utama Raya Session, and more.
