Engineering:He-drum

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He-drum

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.

Performance

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 Xuntian: Whirling Udumbara II
He-drum Percussionist Ehesuma and The Israel Symphony Orchestra

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