When 12 handpan players from Berlin, who hardly knew each other before, met at HONA 2022 (Handpan Music Gathering on Naxos) on the beautiful island of Naxos in Greece, the idea was born to create a monthly meetup in Berlin. We wanted to create a space where handpan enthusiasts from Berlin can share their music and get to know each other. A place to jam together, join with other instruments or simply sing along. Therefore the monthly handpan meetups in Berlin were born, where the community meets up regularly.
At the meetups it became clear that there is an urge to create a bigger event to bring together Berlin talents and artists, makers and handpan lovers from other parts of Germany and even Europe as well. Over time, the idea was born to found an association in order to be able to develop and organize further more events such as the Pangonia Handpan Festival. This idea led to the founding of the association PANTIOPA e.V. - Verein zur Förderung der Handpanmusik - in 2023.
PANTOPIA e.V. supports and promotes:- making music together with handpans and other instruments,
- deepening the knowledge around the handpan
- the exchange between musicians, players, manufacturers and other interested parties
- the public perception of the handpan
The statutes of our association (in German) can be downloaded here:
Download Satzung PANTOPIA e.V.
The board of PANTOPIA e.V. currently consists of Marco Hartz and Robert Hörning
Become a member
If you want to support our work you are invited to become a member of our association.
As a member of the association, you can take part in activities such as workshops, jam sessions and
other meetings. You can also be part of the decision making and shape the way we do our activities. You
can also
contribute your own project ideas at any time and help develop PANTOPIA e.V. further. If you like, you
can
also support us with our biggest effort each year: The organization of the Pangonia Gathering and Festival.
Please download the membership application form and SEPA mandate (in German, download below) and send it by post or e-mail to the
following address: verein@pangonia.de
Download Mitgliedsantrag PANTOPIA e.V.
Download SEPA Lastschriftmandat