The Yard
Experience the beauty of the handpan with this live music performance.
Our handpan performance is brought to Alserkal Avenue by Anas Alhalabi who, for him, the handpan is not only an instrument, but a way of life. Anas is the first Handpan teacher in the Middle East with over 70 students. He has played internationally with a repertoire of over 200 events in 20 countries. Anas also created the first Handpan Orchestra in the world with 100 handpan players.
“I am a global citizen, who carries his love for music across 20 countries. With my roots from Syria. I enjoy understanding local cultures and bringing people from various backgrounds together over music. I started off as a drummer and percussionist.”
What is a handpan?
The “ Handpan”, “Hang Drum”, “pantam”, and “UFO Drum” are different names for a closely related family of relatively young musical instruments. The instrument is made of two convex sheets of steel glued together. This instrument allows one to improvise from a more emotional and kinetic inspiration, free of the mind. Many players use these for healing.
7 April | 11.30PM-12.30AM