When the average person thinks of gongs, the swell of a loud bang probably comes to mind. The Nakatani Gong Orchestra doesn’t sound like that. Since Tatsuya Nakatani makes most of the instruments by ...

Think of the instrument that most reminds you of your culture or the music of your childhood. And now imagine the possibility of that sound being lost forever. Toronto-based musician Alexander Junior, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “We don’t call the gong a musical instrument. It’s a power tool,” says Don Conreaux, one of the world’s most ...

When this symphonic gong is struck, chills are felt down spines across the globe. The sight of a towering 80-inch gong and its hefty mallet can be quite intimidating in itself. But the sound of the ...

BENGUET (PIA) – A resonating sound unites communities and promotes the unique culture and identity of the Cordillera region – the sound of the gong. In the belief of the indigenous communities, its ...