He-drum ( 何鼓 ) is a membranophone instrument designed by He Xuntian. [1] [2] The instrument is single headed of cow skin, with a septangle shape.
Composer He Xuntian, in
Sunyata Dance for
clarinet and
orchestra, and
Whirling Udumbara II for He-drum and
string orchestra both written, was probably the first significant composer to use the instrument.
The performances of Amrta Song series III in
Shanghai
World Music
Week in 2011,
[3]
[4]
Dance in Meditation series IV in 2012, and Amrta on Water series V, the first music scene on Huangpu River in 2013, were introduced He-drum.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Ehesuma was the first He-drum soloist to use the instrument. She performed with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Scent Dance He Xuntian Works Concert in 2014.
He-drum ( 何鼓 ) is a membranophone instrument designed by He Xuntian. [1] [2] The instrument is single headed of cow skin, with a septangle shape.
Composer He Xuntian, in
Sunyata Dance for
clarinet and
orchestra, and
Whirling Udumbara II for He-drum and
string orchestra both written, was probably the first significant composer to use the instrument.
The performances of Amrta Song series III in
Shanghai
World Music
Week in 2011,
[3]
[4]
Dance in Meditation series IV in 2012, and Amrta on Water series V, the first music scene on Huangpu River in 2013, were introduced He-drum.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Ehesuma was the first He-drum soloist to use the instrument. She performed with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Scent Dance He Xuntian Works Concert in 2014.