In the Icebox Project Space, a huge concrete project space on American Street in North Philadelphia, 14 local musicians and artists are stationed around gongs of different sizes. At a Monday evening ...

Of the three tracks on the Nakatani Gong Orchestra’s 2012 CD, only one of them offers actual music from the ensemble. True, the middle, performance-centered inclusion is the longest by far, a 38 ...

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 ...

Japanese avant-garde percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani is redefining the term “neverending tour” in starkly DIY terms. Forget backstage catering and extravagant riders, Nakatani jumps in his ...

Bold, complex and thought-provoking. The Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City and its array of performers can be described as any or all three. It’s not surprising, considering the festival ...

The Nakatani Gong Orchestra, a mobile community-engagement project, appears at SITE Santa Fe (1606 Paseo de Peralta) at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2 with more than a dozen local ...

Yet, he will be among 14 or so local musicians recruited to play that ancient instrument on the Englert Theatre stage when the Nakatani Gong Orchestra appears Oct. 2 as part of the Witching Hour ...

Kenneth E. Goff, a Reiki master, yoga instructor, and accomplished percussionist, brings his gong-playing skills to Santa Fe. He joins fellow gong masters Jeff Sussman, Al Faaet, and Mitch Nur ...

To bow a gong, and tune in to the layered vibrations that emerge, can be a very intuitive thing. And that’s what local volunteers for the Nakatani Gong Orchestra are finding.

Tatsuya Nakatani and the Nakatani Gong Orchestra prepare for a December 2023 performance produced by Iván-Daniel Espinosa, a City of Boulder grant recipient. Courtesy: Iván-Daniel Espinosa A 10-foot ...