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 by ...

When this symphonic gong is struck, chills are felt down spines across the globe. The sight of a towering 80-inch gong and its hefty mallet can be quite intimidating in itself. But the sound of the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “We don’t call the gong a musical instrument. It’s a power tool,” says Don Conreaux, one of the world’s most ...

One of the most important musical instruments in Sabah is the gong. It is featured in many cultural festivities and traditional ceremonies of major ethnic groups in the state including the Kadazan, ...