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Ravid


There is a story-tale mystique to Ravid’s music. As if emerging from a perpetual stream of smoke, this musician embodies the infatuating allure of the Pied Piper and like an affixiated follower; you have to chase the melody. His instrument – the Hang – was developed in Berne, Switzerland by Sabina Schärer and Felix Rohner in 2000. One of the world’s finest exponents of the Hang drum, Ravid has an extraordinary ability to conjure a harmonious feast of sound from the instrument. It’s only when you see him perform that you can believe the sound comes from just one man and one Hang. Ravid started playing drums and studying the theory of music aged 11. He first heard the Hang at a festival in 2002 and was immediately inspired to play it. He bought his first Hang and went to live in the desert, where the stillness and silence provided the perfect environment to master the instrument. Later he travelled to Switzerland where he lived with the inventors of the Hang, learning the process of making and tuning the instrument, whilst evolving his technique and developing his unique playing style. He moved to Spain in 2004 and in a collaboration with Meera Fe won an International competition for Ethnic Music at “The Certamen de Maquetas de Musica Etnica Sin Fronteras”. Later that year whilst working with Spanish guitarist Toni Xucla on a project at The Institute of Dance in Barcelona he attracted the attention of Jazz bassist Carles Benavent. Enthralled by Ravid’s per...

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