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.

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.

She performed with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Scent Dance He Xuntian Works Concert in 2014.