Handpan

Auf dieser Seite erfährst du mehr über mich und das, was ich auf und mit der Handpan alles Wundervolles mache und anbiete. Ich stelle dir mein Angebot, einige Projekte und aktuelle Termine vor.

Kontakt

Handpan kaufen

Unterricht

Handpan Beratung

musikalischer Überblick

Mein handpan-angebot

Handpan Musik

Auf meiner Handpan lasse ich intuitive Ancient Trance Sounds entstehen, die dich auf deinem spirituellen Event oder Privatkonzert dahin träumen lassen. Ich gehe dazu immer mal wieder auf Instagram live und poste Videos in meinem YouTube-Kanal.

Handpan Unterricht

Inzwischen spiele ich seit über 25 Jahren Schlagzeug, Percussion und Handpan, diese Leidenschaft und das Rhythmusgefühl möchte ich gerne an die nächste Generation weitergeben. Wenn du also Lust hast, dich mit mir einzugrooven, melde dich bei mir.

Handpan Workshops

Als leidenschaftlicher Handpanspieler und Gruppenleiter biete ich derzeit jeden Monat einen Gruppenworkshop für absolute Beginner mit bis zu 10 SpielerInnen auf der Insel Madeira. Zur Anmeldung, für Infos und Termine schreib mir eine E-Mail.

Soundhealings

Mit verschiedenen Percussion-, Melodie- und Klanginstrumenten wie der Ocean Drum, Kalimba, Handpan oder Klangschale unterstütze ich dich auf dem Weg deiner Heilung mit Soundhealings in On-/Offline-Events, Retreats, Workshops & Heilkreisen.

detailInfos

Ich biete derzeit Einzelstunden (Einzelstunde 50€, 2 Std./Monat 95€, 4 Std./Monat 180€, Zehnerkarte 400€) sowie individuelle Gruppenworkshops und private Sound Healings auf Anfrage an.

Im absolute Anfängerkurs geht es um Anschlagtechnik, erste Rhythmen und Melodien sowie weitere Übungen zum Spielaufbau als wesentliche Bestandteile des Workshops. Eine Teilnahme am Workshop ist nur mit Voranmeldung möglich. Bei Fragen melde dich hier.

Workshops

Du möchtest als AnfängerIn oder Fortgeschrittene(r) gerne im Rahmen eines Handpan-Gruppenworkshops auf Madeira gemeinsam mit mir oder einem namhaften Gastdozenten und anderen SchülerInnen lernen? Dann schreib mir.

bildergalerie

"We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year" 🎄🎁🎶

Thanks to everyone who has shared this exciting handpan journey on Madeira with me this past year! 🫶🏻

Another new cover version of the Ho'Oponopono mantra by Kelsey Kluijtmans for my very own healing. This is just for fun and without any professional expectation.

Enjoy, sing along with me and practice forgiveness. 🙏🏻

Please find the full cover version on my YouTube channel and listen to the original by @kelseykluijtmansmusic on her channel. It's absolutely amazing and I love that it's being back online. 🫶🏻☮️💜🕊️🥰

🎶 Handpan Workshop for Beginners @spiral_madeira
with Manuel Schönthaler @schoen_ma

📅 Saturday, September 20 | 15:00 – 19:00 | Spiral, Madeira

Have you ever thought: “I wish I had learned an instrument earlier” or “Maybe it’s too late now”?
Then this workshop is for you. 🫵🏻

The handpan is more than just an instrument — it’s a bridge to your intuition, emotions, and natural rhythm.
No sheet music, no technical background required. Just curiosity, open ears, and the willingness to explore.

In this 4-hour workshop you will:

🎶 Learn the basics of handpan playing
🎶 Explore rhythm through listening and intuition
🎶 Discover how music becomes a language of presence and connection
🎶 Play, experiment, and find your own sound — in the open air, among the hills of Madeira

🌿 Who it’s for

👉🏻 Absolute beginners, no prior musical knowledge needed
👉🏻 Coaches, healers, therapists, artists, curious souls
👉🏻 Anyone who feels a quiet longing to play and express themselves

💛 Contribution
49 € — early bird (until September 14)
59 € — regular (until September 20)
69 € — on the day, cash at the door

📍 Location: Spiral, private forest 15 min above Funchal
📩 Booking: manuelhandpanmadeira@gmail.com | WhatsApp +351 926 302 588 (see bio)
👥 WhatsApp group: link in bio 🔗

✨ “For me, this is more than a music class. It’s about healing, reclaiming your voice, and remembering who you truly are. Music belongs to everyone — especially those ready to play from the depth of their heart.” — Manuel

My next Handpan Workshop for Beginners is coming! 🥳

🌿 Sunday, August 31 | 11:00 – 15:00 | at Spiral (Funchal)

If you’ve ever thought “I wish I had learned an instrument earlier” or “Maybe it’s too late now” — this is for you.

The handpan is more than just an instrument — it’s a bridge to your intuition, emotions, and natural rhythm. No sheet music. No technical prerequisites. Just curiosity, open ears, and the willingness to explore.

In this half-day workshop, you’ll learn:

🎶 The basic techniques to start playing the handpan
🎶 How to listen to yourself and follow your inner rhythm
🎶 How music can become a language of emotion, presence, and connection

You’ll play, experiment, and discover your sound — in the open air under the Madeiran sky, with the mountains around and the ocean below.

✨ Who this is for
— Beginners with no musical background
— Coaches, healers, therapists, artists, and curious souls
— Anyone who feels a quiet longing to play and express themselves

🌿 What’s included
— All instruments and materials provided
— Small-group, hands-on guidance from me
— Chance to try, rent, or buy handpans
— Free 1:1 follow-up session if you rent or buy
— Emotional & intuitive approach — not just technical training

Price:
49 € — Get Supported (if you need support to attend)
69 € — Regular Ticket
89 € — Supporter Ticket (help someone else to attend)
Your booking is confirmed upon prepayment.

📍 Location: Spiral, near Jardim Botânico, Funchal
📩 Booking: E-mail or DM me
👥 Connect: Madeira Handpan & Soundhealing WhatsApp group (link in bio)

Why I teach the handpan

“For me, this is more than a music class. It’s about healing, reclaiming your inner voice, and remembering who you are. Music belongs to everyone — especially those ready to play from the heart.”

Let this be your sign:
You’re not too late.
You’re exactly on time.

Looking forward to host you there.

Com muito amor, Manuel 💜

"You Are Safe Here" 💜🌊🐦

Handpan Healing Song with Linda Oudendijk @lynnmaemusic (Vocals) and Manuel Schönthaler @schoen_ma (Handpan & Percussion)

This is a very special gift 🎁 from a new collab (please enjoy with good stereo 🎧)! 🥳

A very intimate moment of musical connection with highly talented singer Linda that I gladly met last Friday for this spontaneous jam session...

We didn't even intend to record something as it was just her iPhone that was capturing this unique moment for herself - it came out of nothing, it just happened!

No rehearsal.
No preparation.
No expectations.
No higher goals.

Not for money.
Not for fame.
No nothing.

Just pure honest connection. And flowing with the current moment like these waves in the video that I just edited over night as it was flowing... 🌊

We talked a lot and were much in our heads, but this was the moment that united our one-of-a-kind energies and created an unforgettable moment. 🥰

Just two people having the same intention following their intuition and trusting their guts. Then doing it!

We felt safe here and were trusting ourselves.

Have fun feeling, relaxing, and integrating! ❤️‍🩹

"You Are Safe Here" 🥰

Do you like more of sounds like these? 💁🏼‍♂️ Leave a comment below if you do. 😇

Find the 17 mins long version on YouTube 🎥

Follow my channel there, find link in bio 🔗

Booking & Contact via DM 📩

#handpan #handpanhealing #healingmusic #madeiraisland #handpanflow #madeira #handpanmusic #youaresafehere #followtheflow #singersongwriter #collab #cocreation

Trial session for a revived project idea that came up a year ago already and is now back on my adult playground 🥳

Combining my talents as a drummer, percussionist and handpan player in a one-man-band project - singing along myself as well will be the ultimate goal! 🎶

Which skills do you combine all in yourself and always wanted to unite? 💁🏼‍♂️

#onemanband #handpanplayer #handpan #percussionist #drummer #multitalent #multiinstrumentalist

Blindfold challenge by @moritz.handpan 🙈😜🎶

And yes, I'm gonna fuck up somewhere... 😂😂😂

My inner child loved this challenge today even it had a resistance first when Moritz started this new challenge that I had to overcome before throwing myself into it blindfolded. 😇

Thanks so much for expanding my comfort zone and growing beyond old boundaries to reach new horizons - even my right eye is now still mesmerized... 🫣🥴😵‍💫

Follow my YouTube channel to see the full 28 minutes version with mastered HQ audio soon. 🎧

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan for helping me grow as a handpan teacher & workshop facilitator! 🙏🏻💜✨

Thanks to @maginstruments for building this amazing instrument (that needs retuning, I know). I am playing the famous F# Low Pygmy 21 here. To get your own just reach out to me and I'll guide you. 🥳

#handpan #soundsculpture #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #maginstruments #handpanchallenge #blindfolded #fsharppygmy

Here's just another of these improvised sunset lives that I do every now and then to let my energies flow and follow my curiosity... 😇

Today I've picked up a new percussive finger snipping technique that I learnt from a banjo player that just joined my last workshop today.

One of the main lessons today was that I am actually memorizing movements and the balanced left-right turning of my hand like a ship skipping from one side to the other when the waves keep gently shaking it... 🌊

Playing the handpan and making music in general for me is more a way of intuitively expressing yourself and following your childish and innocent curiosity instead of replicating what someone else is doing.

So better #justfuckinbeurself instead of copying others or trying to be someone else.

You are unique, special and exactly right as you are! Including all fuck-ups, mistakes and imperfections...

For more coaching content follow me on @schoenma 💫

Supported by @soundsculpturehandpan and @maginstruments - I am playing a F# Low Pygmy 21 in ember steel here. To get your own reach out for free consultation or support.

The next regularly planned outdoor workshop will happen at the end of August exactly here.

For 1:1 lessons, individual workshops, collabs or other joint experiences drop me a DM 📩

The first gong bath that I was invited to support on the handpan this week... 🥰🫶🏻🌊

What a special experience here on Madeira island and likely one of many more to come. 🥳🔥✨

Muito obrigado @yogamadeira_silviashiva! 💜🌱💫

My favorite gong was the big and colourful @grottasonora B 62.1 Hz which matched my @ravvast_official B Arabian night steel tongue drum. 🤩

In the end I was playing a melodic and uplifting F#3 Low Pygmy 21 by @maginstruments that fit the huge Paiste A#2 gong. 🎶

With friendly support by @soundsculpturehandpan - join one of my next handpan workshops on Madeira. Find all dates on my website (link in bio). 🔗

Or ask for your personal 1:1 session / lesson to learn or heal with the handpan. 📩

Open for collabs and co-creations. 😇

#gongbath #soundhealer #soundhealing #handpan

Some of the recent sound healing events that I was invited to support with the magic of my hands... 🙌🏻💜🌊

Thank you so much @ecstaticdancemadeira for having me last Sunday in Ponta do Sol @estalagemdapontadosol and @yogamadeira_silviashiva for having me last night in your gong bath. 💫 This means really a lot to me. 🥰

#ecstaticdance #gongbath #soundealing #collabs

DingaDonga challenge initiated by @moritz.handpan inspired from @marcelhuttermusic 🛸🥁🎶

Slightly above 60 seconds but I decided to leave the whole video in one piece as this is how it was supposed to flow out of my magic hands... 🥰

C# Kurd minor 17 handpan crafted by TEANA, provided with the friendly support of @soundsculpturehandpan 💜

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #soundsculpture #pantam #handpanflow #ding #dingadonga #handpanchallenge #challenge

"Dawning" - a handpan reel from Madeira island 🏝️🛸🎶

Please use 🎧 for best quality. Mixed & mastered by @schoen_ma. Full version on YouTube.

I am Manuel (46) from Germany and I am giving handpan concerts, workshops, circles, 1:1 and group lessons as well as sound healings and retreats on the most beautiful island of Europe. 🥰

Are you looking for your next holiday destination? Want to go hiking and swimming? While learning this beautiful instrument completely from scratch in a relaxed setting away from your daily stress? Then I am your man. I will guide you in German or English and take you safely at your hands. You choose your preferred setting: indoor or outdoor. 🌱

Handpan is probably the most intuitive instrument that you can learn. There are no previous skills necessary. A basic rhytmical feeling will support you however, as well as any musical experience. 💃🏼🪩🕺🏼

As a certified coach & trainer with more than 35 years of music experience on stages, in bands and in different projects you will learn from me how to intuitively express yourself through the handpan. It's a connection with your soul, it speaks to you through its own language. 🕉️💜✨

I rent and sell instruments through my partner @soundsculpturehandpan so you don't have to bring your own handpan, but of course you can. Get free consulting and try out all instruments. 🥁

Let‘s have some fun together! 🥳

📩 DM me for your inquiry on the next dates or your individual request. I offer regular public events as well as private 1:1 and group sessions. Always open for collabs, sessions, lives & reels. 🥰

Meet me at the Sound Sculpture Handpan Festival from August 7-10th 2025 with @leanderhandpan @mar.loi @alexandrelora @alexander.mercks @changeofcolours @archerandtripp @fernandolyrasounds @lavinia.gerster @handpanpaul @louis_handpan @sven_kirchhofer and many many more in Germany if you can't wait for the first festival to happen on this island... 🤭

Where and when do we see each other?! 💁🏼‍♂️

I am playing a F# Low Pygmy 21 from @maginstruments

#handpanplayer #handpan #madeiraisland #madeira #soundsculpture #handpanflow #handpanfestival #retreat #handpanworkshop #handpanretreat #collabs

Just another handpan live flow from Madeira island 🤭🏝️🌊🥁🎶

"Starting from scratch" - a new handpan reel from Madeira island 🏝️🛸🎶 (please use 🎧)

I am Manuel (46) from Germany and I am giving handpan concerts, workshops, circles, 1:1 and group lessons as well as sound healings and retreats on the most beautiful island of Europe. 🥰

Are you looking for your next holiday destination? Want to go hiking and swimming? While learning this beautiful instrument completely from scratch in a relaxed setting away from your daily stress? Then I am your man. I will guide you in German or English and take you safely at your hands. You choose your preferred setting: indoor or outdoor. 🌱

Handpan is probably the most intuitive instrument that you can learn. There are no previous skills necessary. A basic rhytmical feeling will support you however, as well as any musical experience. 💃🏼🪩🕺🏼

As a certified coach & trainer with more than 35 years of music experience on stages, in bands and in different projects you will learn from me how to intuitively express yourself through the handpan. It's a connection with your soul, it speaks to you through its own language. 🕉️💜✨

I rent and sell instruments through my partner @soundsculpturehandpan so you don't have to bring your own handpan, but of course you can. Get free consulting and try out all instruments. 🥁

Let‘s have some fun together! 🥳

📩 DM me for your inquiry on the next dates or your individual request. I offer regular public events as well as private 1:1 and group sessions. Always open for collabs, sessions, lives & reels. 🥰

Meet me at the Sound Sculpture Handpan Festival from August 7-10th 2025 with @leanderhandpan @mar.loi @alexandrelora @alexander.mercks @changeofcolours @archerandtripp @fernandolyrasounds @lavinia.gerster @handpanpaul @louis_handpan @sven_kirchhofer and many many more in Germany if you can't wait for the first festival to happen on this island... 🤭

Where and when do we see each other?! 💁🏼‍♂️

I play a F# Low Pygmy 21 from @maginstruments

#handpanplayer #handpan #madeiraisland #soundsculpture #handpanflow #handpanfestival

I am sharing some thoughts and ideas around collabs, content, events & more that I want to establish here on Madeira island and probably in the future also at other magical places... 😇

If you feel the calling to play with me, support me, take a workshop or retreat with me or sing along with me then please reach out! 🙏🏻💜🔥

I am looking to start new projects, get more events & retreats started as well as show myself even more with all things handpan... 🙃

#handpan #handpanplayer #handpanmusic #collaboration #collabs #retreat #festival #workshop #gettingconnected #spreadlove

Handpan jam with Madeira ocean view 🏝️🌊🛸🎶

I call it "The Calm Before The Storm" 🙊🔇🌪️

Use headphones 🎧 to listen to this.

Supporting @soundsculpturehandpan
Handpan crafted by @maginstruments
F# Low Pygmy 21 in Ember Steel

Join the next handpan workshop on Thursday June 19th in Funchal/Madeira 🇵🇹

Watch out for my handpan retreat in September, comment with 🏝️ to get updated when it's being published for booking (currently checking villas)... 😇

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #soundsculpture #pantam #maginstruments #fsharppygmy #pygmy #handpanworkshop #handpanretreat #madeira #madeiraisland

Afternoon handpan jam session 🛸🎶🌊

I call it "Breaking the Silence" 🫣❤️‍🩹🗣️

Use headphones 🎧 to listen to this.

Supported by @soundsculpturehandpan
Handpan by @maginstruments
F# Low Pygmy 21 in Ember Steel

Join the next handpan workshop on June 19th in Funchal/Madeira 🇵🇹

Watch out for my handpan retreat in September, comment with 🏝️ to get updated when it's being published for booking (currently checking villas)... 😇

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #soundsculpture #pantam #maginstruments #fsharppygmy #handpanworkshop #handpanretreat #madeira #madeiraisland

Just another good night handpan jam... 🛸🥁🎶

Thanks so much to @soundsculpturehandpan and @maginstruments for this amazing F# Low Pygmy 21 pantam! 🥰

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #soundsculpture #maginstruments #fsharppygmy #lowpygmy #lowpygmy21

This is what my inner flame 🔥 is burning for... 🪘🥁🎶

Music! Beats! Drums! Following the flow of rhythm! 🌊

Before this intense drumming night on the beach I did a deep inner healing journey in a quantum healing hypnosis session with @healershealingjourney.zu which was taking me back to a time in my previous life where I was stuck in myself. 🏰⚔️🛡️

I was witnessing myself being defeated as a wisdom keeper in a burnt down castle. I was starving and slowly dying after a brutal robbery of all it's treasures. 💰💎

But what I did not realize is that it was ME what the they were looking for coz I am carrying the wisdom inside of myself. The magic of my hands that are doing what they are doing when playing the handpan and percussion. 🥰

So never forget that YOU are the magic 🪄 - YOU carry the wisdom in your life inside of yourself! It's not something outside that you need to gain or protect, like financial wealth or a social status. What you have inside is YOUR magic & wisdom, it cannot get stolen. But you need to use it wisely and show your inner light to the world! 🔥

If you struggle with that, there will be an inner healing session this Sunday morning in German language online where a client is looking at the topic "What am I really burning for". If this is calling you, DM me or drop me an e-mail. 📩

What are you burning for with all your inner passion?! 💁🏼‍♂️

Share it in the comments below. 👇🏻

Thanks so much @maginstruments for building this incredible F# Low Pygmy 21 handpan. The next handpan workshop will be on Thursday June 19th from 1-5pm in Funchal, registration is open now. 🥳

Learn to fly 💜🛸🎶

A musical story about growing into your own superpower...

This melody is haunting me for a while and was flowing so much up and down. Endlessly. I played it multiple times a day.

Until I decided tonight that I am going to play it live and tell a story to it. The story of how I grew into my power on the handpan and how far I came.

But as live is live I made so many mistakes that it became more like a judgemental observation of my mind. Not to fall victim of my upcoming anger and the thought of not being good enough.

My very first idea was to literally tell the story verbally while I am playing but this soon showed to fail due to my still limited capability of playing and talking intuitively at the same time.

But that's my dream, to be able to do both simultaneously. As I am also a dedicated verbal and written storyteller, combining both together just like a singer/songwriter is so much calling me.

Next level.

Acceptance. Being grateful for what I have already achieved. Unbelievable 2 years ago. And now here I am.

Learning to fly. Growing in my power.

With love, Manuel 💜

Ever wanted to play the handpan on Madeira island? 🏝️🛸🎶

Well, now this is your chance to do it! 🥳

I am Manuel (46), a handpan artist, teacher and sound healer from Germany. Together with my partner @soundsculpturehandpan and the makers @ugur_handpan @panstream_mark_wilson @maginstruments and others I give handpan classes, provide weekly open playing circles, offer regular beginner workshops and soon also retreats.

In this video you get an impression of some of these magic events and can tune into my energy which is all about following intuition and expressing emotions through the handpan. Feel into it if this is something that you also want to experience when you visit the island on your next holiday or trip. ✈️

The open handpan & percussion circles currently happen every Thursday at 7pm in Calheta. The next absolute beginner workshops are scheduled for:

📌 Sun May 18th
📌 Sun June 15th
📌 Sun July 13th
📌 Sun August 24th
📌 Sun September 28th

They will be from 11am to 3pm in Fajã da Ovelha in Madeira's beautiful westend. Get your ticket now! 🎫

Meet me in August at the Sound Sculpture handpan festival in Germany where I will meet @leanderhandpan @mar.loi @alexandrelora @emajamaa @archerandtripp @changeofcolours @alexander.mercks @handpanpaul @lavinia.gerster and many many more.

Join me in September in my 1st handpan retreat on Madeira! 🥳

For more details please reach out to me via DM 📩 or follow the links in my bio on what's happening here on the island. 🗓️

Today I am starting to give you a little introduction into my handpan stock on Madeira island... 🏝️🛸🎶

Introducing this beautiful silver D Kurd minor 8+1 beginner handpan made by @ugur_handpan & proudly provided by @soundsculpturehandpan available for sale and rent immediately. 🙏🏻💜😇

Reach out for any questions or your inquiry. 📩

I am offering weekly handpan circles, monthly workshops and quarterly retreats on Madeira. 1:1 lessons are also available offline and online. 🗓️

Ho'Oponopono full version - I'm so sorry, please forgive me, I thank you, I love you 🙏🏻💜🎶🥹❤️‍🩹🤗

Today I have recorded this special song as a cover from @kelseykluijtmansmusic which is very very intimate and so different to my other content here. I started to cry after the part which spoke to my inner child and when it came to mother earth. My emotions broke through and I couldn't hold back anymore... 😭

There was so much abuse in my family that when I heard "mother earth" my awareness focused on the human abuse of our planet earth. This reminded me of my family which also got destroyed by all the war inside and broke apart. This is why I do today what I do. To truly heal from within and end this war. ✋🏻

"How can we expect peace around us if there is a war within." 💥💣

Thanks so much Kelsey for this touching song and the inspiration to sing along with you on your track.

What do you feel sorry about and whom do you want to forgive? Share it in the comments with a ❤️‍🩹

Join the next weekly handpan & percussion circle ⭕ in Calheta on Madeira island 🏝️🛸🥁🪘🪇🎶

My mission is to connect strangers from all over the world within their hearts, be playful and learn to trust their intuition while playing the handpan and/or any percussion instrument without necessarily having previous musical theory or skills.

If you are curious to join us at some point just comment under this post, drop me a PM or e-mail. 📩 There's also a WhatsApp group to connect, check the links in bio. 🔗

Feel free to share the love if you believe this could also be interesting to any of your peers. Thanks everyone for joining already! 🙏🏻💜💫

If you want to dive deeper into this experience there are a few handpan retreats for beginners coming this year where you can get multiple full day group sessions in a row, connect with other fellow players and create some music together while spending some time on one of the most beautiful islands in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. 🌊

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan and all the great handpan makers to make this happen! 🥳

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira,

Manuel 😘😘😘

MTH challenge accepted! 🔥💪🏻🥰

Odd-meter polyrhythm groove by @kirill_osherov (a 7+7+6 count on a 5/4 rhythm) played on a @maginstruments F# Pygmy from @soundsculpturehandpan by @schoen_ma 😇

It's just day 2 of the monthly @masterthehandpan challenge so plenty of time to give it even more spin and drive... But it's already loads of fun! 🥳

Thanks for this experience Kirill, I love it! This exactly suits me down to the ground... 💜🔥💪🏻

#mthchallenge #masterthehandpan #masterthehandpanchallenge #handpan #oddmeter #polyrhythm

Just another live handpan jam in-between that turned out to develop a new melody in the end that might lead into a new composition... 🥰

Thanks so much to my handpan partner that is supporting me with all these great instruments and gear, this wouldn't happen like that without you! 🙏🏻💜🎶 @soundsculpturehandpan @maginstruments @spand_stand

Watch out my upcoming handpan retreats and workshops this year all over Europe! 🥳

Starting with my first handpan retreat on Madeira end of March, a German handpan workshop early April, then visiting Cyprus & Naxos @honafestival in May, Crete in June and then spending summertime at @panparadisehandpan @ancient_trance and Sound Sculpture Handpan Festival hosted by @leanderhandpan in Germany.

I will likely be returning to Madeira in September for the 2nd retreat there before continuing in southern France (Camargue) and Mallorca with my next events. Joining @canariashandpanfestival in October to prepare for a Madeira handpan festival the year after... 💭🎪🛸🎶🪇

If you are an absolute or advanced beginner you might find the right workshop or retreat for you anywhere in southern Europe on @handpanportal or on my own website. Check the link in bio. 🔗

Stay tuned for more handpan adventures here. Artist: @schoen_ma 😇

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira,

Manuel 🏝️✈️💫

RAV Vast jam session with odd rhythms and weird timing changes on a B Arabian Night 🧞‍♂️🥁🎶

Using both hands & fingers as well as mallets, one handed and different knocking techniques with my knuckles... 😇

If you are a total or advanced beginner and want to learn playing the RAV and/or the handpan which are quite similar to play my retreat on Madeira island 🏝️ from March 25th to 30th might be the right thing for you! 🛸

Check my story and highlight for details...

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira, Manuel 💜

#ravvast #ravvastdrum #ravvastplayer #ravvastmusic #steeltonguedrum #retreat #handpanretreat #healingmusic

I am Manuel (45), living and working as a coach, sound & trauma healer from Munich/Germany currently on Madeira island. Here I am playing a private handpan concert on a @maginstruments F# Pygmy 21 scale from @soundsculpturehandpan for the lucky cows in Fanal forest (Madeira).

If you ever happen to be on the island feel free to reach out for a jam, lesson, workshop or sound healing. The first handpan retreat for absolute & advanced beginners is taking place from the 25th to 30th of March 2025 in a posh villa with a pool in Estreito da Calheta which is in the sunny south of this paradise island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

This is what's currently planned:

🛸 6 total days, 5 nights, 4 full event days
🛸 max. 10 people, big living room, posh pool
🛸 3 double-bed rooms, 2 rooms w/ 2 single beds
🛸 international community (DE+EN speaking)
🛸 3+ workshops, 2 concerts, 1 sound healing
🛸 group playing and improvisation practice
🛸 lots of free time to practice in own tempo
🛸 for all absolute & advanced beginners
🛸 incl. rental handpans & workshop material
🛸 hiking day in Madeira's magical mountains
🛸 self-catering and own travel arrangement

There are more retreats, workshops and events planned for this year so stay tuned and follow me on all my channels. There is also a dedicated WhatsApp group for local Madeira handpan & sound healing events.

Check my bio for all links (retreat details coming soon in the story & highlights).

Contact me for booking and prices. 📩

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira, Manuel

🇵🇹🏝️💜🌳🐂🐄🛸🎶🥰

#handpan #madeiraisland #handpanretreat #fanal #fanalforest #fanalforestmadeira #madeira #handpanmusic #soundsculpture #soundsculpturehandpan #maginstruments #maghandpan

Finding beauty in negative spaces 🤯🛸🎶

This is how I call this jam - named after @seether 's album of the same title that just came to my mind. It just happened after a call with my coach @christmann_max who reminded me of who I really am, why I am allowed to experience all the trauma feelings on my journey and what their true gift is! 🎁

Their gift is to follow my dream of doing what I REALLY love, and that's making music and JUST PLAY!!! 😇🥰🥳

What is your dream that you are still holding back to live? 💁🏼‍♂️

I am here to guide you on this way and remind you that it's always worth doing it against all odds... 💪🏻

Watch the full 30mins video with all the different playing techniques like playing upside down or vertical on my YouTube channel (🔗 in bio)!

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanjam #madeiraisland #soundsculpture #maginstruments #findingbeautyinnegativespaces #againstallodds

RAVing into the new week... 💜🛸🎶

Introducing my new RAV Vast B Arabian Night steel tongue drum that I playfully discover by all means. 🥁

What came alive in you when watching it? How did you start into this week and where? 💁🏼‍♂️

Comment below to connect with me...

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira,
Manuel 😘

#ravvast #ravvastdrum #ravdrum #steeltonguedrum #arabiannight

Warming up for a birthday gig in the mountains of Madeira island... 🏝️⛰️🛸🎶

Thanks to @maginstruments for crafting this beautiful F# Pygmy 21 handpan and @soundsculpturehandpan for shipping it to me! 😍

And @leanderhandpan for connecting me with this beauty when playing it... Looking so much forward to his handpan festival this summer and the workshops with @alexandrelora and @mar.loi 😊

#handpan #handpanmusic #handpanplayer #soundsculpture #pantam #maginstruments #fsharppygmy #bottomnotes #handpanflow

Starting this new year with deep emotions on my new @maginstruments F# Pygmy 21 handpan provided by @soundsculpturehandpan 🥹

After having seen this baby the first time a few weeks ago when @leanderhandpan was playing it at Sound Sculpture Mainz I immediately felt the strong connection to it and knew that this is supposed to become mine. 🥰

After arriving on the last day of 2024 I didn't immediately fall in love for some reason coz else I would have not been going to see the mind-blowing fireworks in Funchal on that night and feel what I needed to feel first. 🎆

Then on the next day after having experienced what I needed to experience I felt this strong connection with my inner child. The little boy inside of me felt this huge old pain of not being deeply seen and wanted as he is, of not being able to set healthy boundaries during the biggest part of his life. 💔

This priceless experience on this unique instrument helped me to connect deeply with this inner part of myself that wants to be truly seen and accepted as he is. 🤗

It will set the sails for what I am going to bring to life in 2025: the first handpan retreats on Madeira island! 🏝️

If you are a total beginner and always wanted to learn playing the handpan in a supportive environment in nature where you are truly seen as you are then this is going to be for YOU! 🫵🏻

Follow me for more, comment below 👇🏻 or DM me if you are interested as I guess the first few spots will be gone faster as you can say "GONE"... 🎶🛸✨

Are you in?! 💁🏼‍♂️

Comment with "I'M IN 🥹" if you are...

Retreats for advanced players with well-known artists and emotional deep dives to learn how to truly express yourself on the handpan are following later this year. The 1st Madeira handpan festival is targeted for 2026. 😇

Mark your calendars! 📆📌

Com muito amor da ilha da Madeira,

Manuel 💜

#learninghandpan #handpan #handpanretreat #madeira #madeiraisland #maginstruments #soundsculpture #retreat

Xmas handpan greetings to all the lost souls out there... 🎄🎁🛸🎶

I wish you a very special Christmas wherever you are in the world currently. Take good care of yourself! 😘

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan for supporting me throughout this highly transformative year with such amazing instruments like this D Kurd minor 9+1+4 from @panstream_mark_wilson 🙏🏻💜💫

Meet me at the Sound Sculpture Handpan Festival at Grube Louise (Germany) in August 2025 and grab your tickets now! Hosted by @leanderhandpan, masterclasses by @mar.loi @alexandrelora @alexander.mercks and more... 🥳🥳🥳

Today was the first time after a few weeks of inner and outer healing from a heavy skin infection where I went out and played in front of an audience. It was at the lighthouse of Ponta do Pargo on Madeira where dozens of foreign visitors watched the sunset with me while listening to the ocean and enjoying my handpan music...

Suddenly when I started to play the unprepared spectators went totally silent and I became aware how I was carrying this vibe and musically interpreted the sun rays while the far away planet was hiding behind some clouds and finally left to move to the other side or our blue planet.

I guess I will dedicate this experience more often to this magical place and add my gift to this scenery. Thanks for listening to me and diving into this common moment of silence, insight and listening within.

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan and @panstream_mark_wilson for providing me with this beautiful instrument. It's a D Kurd minor 9+1+4 handpan which can be played and purchased from me.

To learn the handpan, get an individual sound healing session, a private concert or to book me for your own retreat, yoga lesson or any other occasion drop me a DM.

With love and devotion, Manuel

#handpan #soundhealing #lighthouse #pontadopargo #madeiraisland #soundsculpture #panstream #sunset

Not many words for this, just feeling the deep emotional connection with this beautiful F# Pygmy from my partner @soundsculpturehandpan 🏝️🌊🎶

🌞✨ Recently at the Miradouro da Eira do Serrado, me and Manuel were having a blast doing what we love—playing the handpan and capturing scenes for our upcoming documentary about trauma and our Higher Self Path.

While we were in our flow, more and more people started to gather around us. At first, it could have felt like a distraction, a noise for the video we shot that day as well, but instead of resisting the moment, we embraced it.

Suddenly I hear how Manuel is exchanging energy with them through his music, the frequency of the handpan reflecting, almost translating, people’s energy, of curiosity and appreciation of that beautiful view and song.

It’s amazing how life mirrors our own healing journey—when we open ourselves up, let go of control, and simply allow things to unfold, magic happens.

Being seen, giving unconditionally, and being open to receive in the same way is part of that flow. The unpredictability, the unexpected moments—they’re not disruptions; they’re an invitation.

We had a choice: to retreat and stay hidden, or to stay open and enjoy the ride. We chose to let ourselves be seen, to share joy, and to connect with others.

Have you ever experienced a moment where the unexpected became part of the magic? How do you stay open to life’s flow, even when things don’t go as planned? 🌿🎶

Please find the next events dates below. Just send me a DM 📩 to save your spot or book a private session with me. 📌

If you want to get more details, network with other local handpan players and get updates about future events click the link in bio for the WhatsApp group. 🔗

For 1:1/1:2 handpan lessons, sound healings, concerts, group workshops or open playing circles get in touch with me! The next live event is (WEST time zone):

📌 Sep 29th 12pm open doors music gathering (Fajã da Ovelha)

How does it feel?

Com muito amor,
📸 & ✍️: Lau Loretto

The art of noticing beauty in everywhere is also to be present and aligned with the true abundance available in nature.
In every single being.

Please find the next events dates below. Just send me a DM 📩 to save your spot or book a private session with me. 📌

If you want to get more details, network with other local handpan players and get updates about future events comment with GROUP and I’ll drop you an invite link via DM to the WhatsApp group. 🔗

For 1:1/1:2 handpan lessons, group workshops or open playing circles get in touch with me, the next live events are (WEST time zone):

📌 Sep 14th 7pm sunset sound healing (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 15th 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 21st 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Funchal)
📌 Sep 21st 4pm open handpan circle (Funchal)
📌 Sep 29th open doors music gathering (Fajã da Ovelha)

🎬 filmed and edited by @lauloretto
🛸 instruments provided by @soundsculpturehandpan

If you are interested to get your own handpan you can test, rent and buy one directly from me here on Madeira. I will gladly give you your very first 1:1 handpan lesson for free then, also for any fully paid handpan workshop or purchase recommendation. 🥳

How does that feel? 💫

Com muito amor, Manuel 💜

Finding true abundance in this present moment 💎✨🐄

Sunday countryside melodic flow on this new Panstream D Kurd 9+1+4 handpan by Sound Sculpture 💫 #forsale

Please find the next events dates below. Just send me a DM 📩 to save your spot or book a private session with me. 📌

If you want to get more details, network with other local handpan players and get updates about future events comment with GROUP and I’ll drop you an invite link via DM to the WhatsApp group or check the link in bio. 🔗

For private 1:1/1:2 handpan lessons or workshops get in touch with me, the next live events are (WEST time zone):

📌 Sep 14th 7pm sunset sound healing (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 15th 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 21st 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Funchal)
📌 Sep 21st 4pm open handpan circle (Funchal)
📌 Sep 22nd 8pm online sound healing (ZOOM)
📌 Sep 29th open doors music gathering (Fajã da Ovelha)

🛸 instrument provided by @soundsculpturehandpan and @panstream_mark_wilson

If you are interested in getting your own handpan you can test, rent and buy this one and others directly from me here on Madeira. I will gladly give you your very first 1:1 handpan lesson for free if you do, also for any fully paid handpan workshop or buyer recommendation. 🥳

How does that feel? 💫

Com muito amor, Manuel 💜

Unlock your inner power 💪🏻

Please find the next events dates below. Just send me a DM 📩 to save your spot or book a private session with me. 📌

If you want to get more details, network with other local handpan players and get updates about future events comment with GROUP and I’ll drop you an invite link via DM to the WhatsApp group. 🔗

For 1:1/1:2 handpan lessons, group workshops or open playing circles get in touch with me, the next live events are (WEST time zone):

📌 Sep 8th 8pm online sound healing (ZOOM)
📌 Sep 14th 7pm sunset sound healing (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 15th 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 21st 12pm absolute beginner workshop (Funchal)
📌 Sep 21st 4pm open handpan circle (Funchal)
📌 Sep 22nd 8pm online sound healing (ZOOM)
📌 Sep 29th open doors music gathering (Fajã da Ovelha)

🎬 filmed and edited by @lauloretto
🛸 instruments provided by @soundsculpturehandpan

If you are interested to get your own handpan you can test, rent and buy one directly from me here on Madeira. I will gladly give you your very first 1:1 handpan lesson for free then, also for any fully paid handpan workshop or purchase recommendation. 🥳

How does that feel? 💫

Com muito amor, Manuel 💜

✨ Experience the relaxation of your mind, body and soul with sound healing 🛸🪇🎶

🤳 Navigating a world full of distractions, endless scrolling, and constant new information can be overwhelming. It’s more important than ever to take responsibility for ourselves and embrace the opportunities of being in spaces and communities designed purely for relaxation of body and mind to reconnect with ourseves. 🫂🫀

My sound healing sessions offer just that — a moment to pause, breathe, and reset. 🌿🧘🏼‍♂️

Have you tried sound healing before, or is it something you’d like to explore? 💁🏼‍♂️

Please find the next sound healing session and workshop dates below. Just send me a DM 📩 to save your spot or book a private session with me. 📌

✨ If you want to get more details, network with other local handpan players, and get updates about future events, comment with “GROUP” and I’ll drop you an invite link via DM to the WhatsApp group. 🔗

For 1:1/1:2 handpan lessons, group workshops, or open playing circles, get in touch with me. The next live events are (WEST time zone):

📌 Sep 8th 8pm - Online Sound Healing (ZOOM)
📌 Sep 14th 7pm - Sunset Sound Healing (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 15th 12pm - Absolute Beginner Workshop (Fajã da Ovelha)
📌 Sep 21st 12pm - Absolute Beginner Workshop (Funchal)
📌 Sep 21st 4pm - Open Handpan Circle (Funchal)
📌 Sep 22nd 8pm - Online Sound Healing (ZOOM)
📌 Sep 29th - Open Doors Music Gathering (Fajã da Ovelha)

🎬 filmed and edited by @lauloretto
🛸 instruments provided by @soundsculpturehandpan

Thanks to @maginstruments & @ugur_handpan for creating these beautiful instruments for us! 🙏🏻💜🎶

If you are interested in getting your own handpan, you can test, rent, and buy one directly from me here on Madeira. I will gladly give you your very first 1:1 handpan lesson for free, also for any fully paid handpan workshop or purchase recommendation. 🥳

How does that feel? 💫

Com muito amor, Manuel 💜

#madeiraisland #handpanmusic #soundhealingportugal #madeiraevents #digitalnomadsmadeira

Being playful with the handpan - free handpan lesson 🛸🎶💫

Watch this reel to learn how you can approach the handpan and improve your playing... 💭

I tried out different approaches on the handpan to improve my playing and memorizing the scale, one is to turn the handpan while playing the same melody and try to cope with the changing tone field progression and handset... 🤯

How do you tend to learn/practice or try out new ways to improve your playing? 💁🏼‍♂️

Share your stories and experience in the comments, I am keen to hear it... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

If you wanna learn from me, join a Madeira workshop, handpan circle, music gathering or take 1:1 lessons on-/offline just DM me to register or start learning from me. 📩

Upcoming Madeira & online music events (WEST time zone) 📌:

Aug 31st beginner workshop for spiritual healers (Funchal) 12pm
Aug 31st open handpan circle for all (Funchal) 6pm
Sep 8th 8pm online sound healing (ZOOM) incl. HD audio recording for download and sharing

Prices vary per event and start at 15€ if you prepay / 20€ at the door (open offline events). Online is 22€ incl. HQ audio & video recording. The workshop starts at 59€ for low income earners and is 79€ for regulars. Seats are limited for all offline events and are given on a first come first serve basis. DM to register 📩 or prepay via PayPal to lets@justfuckindo.it to save your spot NOW! 🐣🧸🪇😄

Thanks a million 💎✨ to my priceless and trustful German handpan partner @soundsculpturehandpan (worldwide shipping) as well as his Chinese maker @ugur_handpan for supporting me with this beautiful D Kurd minor 8+1 handpan here which is for sale. 🛸🎶 To get your own handpan just DM me and you'll be given your very first lesson with me for free (on-/offline). 💎✨

Com muito amor da Madeira, Manuel 💜

"Handpan is probably one of the most intuitive instruments you can learn" 🛸🎶💫

Watch this reel to get a closer insight in what handpan playing is actually all about... 💭

These beginner workshops on Madeira island focus on spiritual healers and people looking for a deeper connection with themselves. To incorporate the handpan playing in their own practices, music, yoga sessions or healing workshops. There is no music theory or previous experience necessary, it's all about your intuition and learning to trust yourself. 🐣

You can of course also just come to one of my sound healings or music circles to enjoy the handpan or book me to play at your own event or retreat to enrich the experience for yourself and your guests... 😁

When did you last learn or try out something completely new and succeed with it even if you didn't know how to do it before? 💁🏼‍♂️

I'd be happy to hear your stories and experience in the comments... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

If you wanna learn from me, join a Madeira workshop, handpan circle, music gathering or take 1:1 lessons just DM me to register or start learning from me. 📩

Upcoming Madeira music events (WEST time) 📌:

Aug 31st beginner workshop for healers (Funchal) 11am
Sep 21st beginner workshop for healers (tbd) 11am
Oct 19th beginner workshop for healers (tbd) 11am

The workshop price starts at 49€ for low income earners if you need to get supported (supporter ticket), 69€ regular ticket and 89€ for a supporter ticket (support someone else). Seats are limited for all offline events and are given on a first come first serve basis. DM to register 📩 or prepay to save your spot NOW! 🐣🧸🪇😄

Thanks a million 💎✨ to my priceless and trustful handpan partner @soundsculpturehandpan as well as his makers @maginstruments @ugur_handpan @teanahandpan.china for supporting me with these beautiful handpans. 🛸🎶 To get your own handpan just DM me and you'll be given your very first lesson with me for free (on- or offline). 💎✨

With love from Madeira, Manuel 💜

Mooooo... 🐄🏝️🛸🎶

Recently I was playing handpan into Madeira's sunset on my roof terrace with a view in a duet with my neighbor on four feet. The bull was waiting for the farmer to come bring him fresh water while I was further developing my recent melody on this Teana C# minor handpan with bottom notes and enjoying the sun diving into the ocean again. 🌅

I couldn't really decide if the mooing was more distracting or supporting but in the end I just went with the flow and integrated his voice by going in a dialog with him at some time. 😇 And the farmer must anyway think that some alien 👽 has landed here... 😅

How do you deal with unexpected situations or settings like these? 💁🏼‍♂️

I'd be happy to hear your stories and experience in the comments... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

If you wanna learn from me, join a Madeira workshop, handpan circle, music gathering or take 1:1 lessons on-/offline DM me to register. 📩

Upcoming Madeira music events 📌:

Aug 17th sound healing (Funchal)
Aug 25th open doors music gathering (FdO)
Aug 31st beginners workshop (Funchal)
Aug 31st open handpan circle (Funchal)

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan and @teanahandpan.china for supporting me with their beautiful handpans. 🛸🎶 To get your own handpan just DM me and you'll be given your very first lesson with me for free. 💎✨

With love from Madeira, Manuel 💜

What sound healing really means to me...

In this reel I talk about what sound healing makes so special to me and how it deeply works. It's not about having some candles and saying something fancy, it's about connecting deeply with ourselves. Feeling all the emotions within us.

When I play the handpan I am making myself vulnerable as I am connected with my wounded inner child that just wants to be playful and have fun. This is the space that I am creating for my clients to allow them to also open up for deep inner healing. Coz this is not something you can buy, it's not something you can make up, either it's there or not.

Listen to the full video above and let me know your thoughts. How do YOU experience sound healing? 💁🏼‍♂️

The next sound healing takes place on Saturday August 17th at 6pm in @escoladafelicidade.funchal. Please send me a DM 📩 to save your spot, participation is on a conscious donation basis (10-20€ recommended).

On that day we will also have the first inner constellation healing / self-encounter starting at 12 (noon) by @schoen_ma where we are working with our inner children on releasing stuck emotions to grow into our full power. You can book both events or just participate in one as you like. It's also on a conscious donation this time. DM me for more details or an invite into the WhatsApp group. 📩

For 1:1 handpan lessons, group workshops or open playing circles get in touch with me, the next live events are on August 25th (open music gathering) and 31st (beginners workshop, 1:1 lessons & open handpan circle).

🎬 filmed and edited by @lauloretto
🛸 provided by @soundsculpturehandpan

Thanks to @maginstruments & @ugur_handpan for creating these beautiful instruments for us! 🙏🏻💜🎶

If you are interested to get your own handpan you can test, rent and buy one directly from me on Madeira. In that case I will gladly give you your first 1:1 lesson for free. 🥳

With love, Manuel 💜

Evolving a melody and failed expectations ☠️

I am going to share my recent lives with you to give you an insight of my musical development.

Promo first: you can also learn how to play the handpan like me in my next beginners workshop in Funchal on Saturday August 31st at noon!

Back to the story: so I had this melody of "Find Back To Life" in my head and wanted to develop it further, evolve my playing style and record it with HQ sound. So I stopped playing, set up everything first and then recorded/streamed it. But then I couldn't match my expectations as things felt weird: suddenly progressions didn't work well anymore, the sound wasn't as good as expected and the headphone cable sucked. ☠️

But this is just reality which is why I wanna share this with you uncut. Life is not about being perfect or showing off, it's about facing what's really there and wants to be seen. Imperfection. Failing. Not meeting your own expectations. And finding the beauty in it. Accepting that this is what is currently there, no matter what you had in your mind before...

This is me. I felt annoyed at times in this video. I lost my motivation in between. Wanted to stop the video. Lost myself in distraction with a different pattern/rhythm in the middle. But found back to the melody and that's what it was all about. In the end it felt completely different to what I had hoped for. But still it helped me to practice the piece and use my audio gear to record and share it.

Do you know these moments of failed expectations? How do you experience them? And how do you usually deal with it?

I'd be happy to hear your stories in the comments...

If you wanna learn from me, join a Madeira workshop, circle or music gathering or take 1:1 lessons on-/offline. DM me to register. 📩

Upcoming music events 📌:

Aug 17th sound healing (Funchal)
Aug 25th open doors music gathering (FdO)
Aug 31st beginners workshop (Funchal)
Aug 31st open handpan circle (Funchal)

Thanks to my partner @soundsculpturehandpan and @ugur_handpan for supporting me with their beautiful handpans. 🛸🎶 To get your own handpan DM me and you'll get your first lesson with me for free. 💎✨

With love from Madeira, Manuel 💜

“Find back to life” 💫

Do you know these periods in your life where you can rarely feel yourself and seem like disconnected from the world around you? 🤔

Where you crave for connection in the outside but cannot find it wherever you look for it? 🙈

And then distract yourself trying to not feel this isolation and hopelessness? 📺

After having been diving through such a period in my life recently where I was not feeling my self-worth at all and being really disconnected from myself this new melody came up that made me addicted to play it over and over again. It always reminds me of that rebirth moment and how I discovered myself again through this melody. It felt like finding back to life again, after having been emotionally dead. ☠️

The handpan for me is not just any instrument, it is a connection to my true inner self, my wounded inner children that craves for unconditional love and wants to live its full authenticity! 💜

🛸 proudly provided by @soundsculpturehandpan

Special thanks to @ugur_handpan for creating this beautiful D Kurd Minor which is for sale and can be tested, rent and bought from me on Madeira.

The next sound healing is on August 17th and the next absolute beginners handpan workshop on August 31st (both in Funchal). 1:1 lessons can always be taken individually offline and online with me - DM for booking requests. 📩 If you buy an instrument through me your first handpan lesson is for free. 😇

With love, Manuel 💜🎶💫

This was the last absolute beginners handpan workshop on Madeira island! 🏝

Every last Saturday of the month there is currently a workshop where you can learn to play this beautiful meditative instrument and get a deeper connection with yourself. 💫

This and the last one have been taken place outdoor in the quiet and green southwest of the island with a stunning view on the ocean. 🌊

We have been learning the basics about handpan playing from wording, beating the tone fields, practicing the tone scale and learning about differences on Celtic and Kurd, chords, melodies, rhythms to independent playing. 🎶

The next workshop will be on Saturday August 31st in the capital of Funchal at @escoladafelicidade.funchal with the opportunity to also take some private 1:1 lessons or participate in the new intuitive playing circle which is about to start then as a regular institution for people who just want to have fun with playing without necessarily having an own instrument yet.

More details will follow soon! Follow the Madeira handpan group on WhatsApp to not miss out on any future events and updates (comment with "link" below to get a personal invitation)... 📩

All tagged makers can be ordered directly through me and tested before buying. There are rent & buy options as well as attractive offers to get personal lessons from me. Your first lesson is for free if you buy an instrument through me. DM me to get more details if you are interested. 😇

🛸 proudly provided by @soundsculpturehandpan
📸 photos by @lauloretto

Thanks to @ugur_handpan, @soundsculpturehandpan, @maginstruments and @panamorhandpans for building these beauties for us! 🥰

It’s all about to have fun, let our inner child play, therefore @lauloretto made this video and called Play-Ground (to play and to ground into our hearts)

This is how the first music gathering looked like! On Sunday July 28th at noon there will be the next opportunity to tune in and let your inner child follow its curiousity…

DM for more infos of the event.

.pro-gallery-wix-wrapper {display: block !important;} .pro-gallery-wix-wrapper .gallery-item-container {opacity: 1 !important; display: block !important;}

Instagram

@manuel.handpan.madeira