Handpan · Utrecht
Emre
Veçhi
Concerts, lessons, instruments. Steel played softly enough that a room goes quiet on its own.
Dates
Where I am playing
All dates (5 more)
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Live
What I bring into a room
A handpan is a lot of overtones held in one piece of steel. Struck gently it sounds less like percussion than like a room breathing. I found that sound in 2023, while still writing software for a living. I have not put the instrument down since.
Solo concert
One player, several instruments, no backing track. Written pieces alongside things that only exist in that room on that night. Works unamplified in a small hall, a church, a listening room, a living room.
60 minutes, or two sets of 40 · seated audienceSounds of Feeling
An afternoon of playing followed by an evening concert. Open to every level, including people who have never touched a handpan. Instruments provided.
Afternoon and evening · up to 14 playersVemra
A duo with my partner Véra. Voice above handpan. Concerts, singing circles, sound journeys for yoga studios, retreats, wellbeing events. Quieter than the solo set, more space in it. More on the Vemra page.
45 to 75 minutes · two performersSound journey
The room lies down. I play. Nothing is asked of anyone for an hour. I travel to your studio, retreat or event. One to one sessions happen at my own studio.
60 to 75 minutes · I come to you
Listen
Adventure of the Ring
Emre is an angel who took me into a journey. The instruments made my whole body vibrate.Bruno · via Hipsy
A truly magical private sound healing journey with attentive care, warmth and a personal, transformative experience.Farrah · via Hipsy
A magical evening: the yurt, the singing and the sound journey in the end.Wendy · via Hipsy
Such a magical experience with incense, cacao and a deep session full of love, peace and gratitude.Amélie · via Hipsy
For organisers
Book me for a concert, a festival, a retreat
Send the room, the date, roughly how many people. I reply with what I need and a price. I bring my own instruments. Photos, logos and bios for solo and for Vemra are in one press kit.
About
Who is playing
I grew up in North Cyprus. I have lived in the Netherlands for five years. I found the handpan in 2023 while working as a software engineer, a job I was good at without ever really wanting it. In 2024 I started VeChi Sound. Now I teach, I sell instruments I have played myself first, I run the studio in Utrecht, mostly I perform.
I do not play from a method. What I have is a lot of hours on steel, an ear for where a room is holding its breath and a belief that music lands harder when nobody on stage is trying to be correct.
The turtle carries its home on its back. The shell is the seed of life, seven circles, the pattern every handpan scale is built from. Slow, steady, always arriving.
Emre Veçhi is a handpan artist, composer and teacher based in Utrecht, born in North Cyprus. He performs solo concerts and sound journeys. He created the masterclass and concert programme Sounds of Feeling. He also plays as one half of the duo Vemra. His debut album Adventure of the Ring came out in 2026. He founded VeChi Sound in 2024 and runs the VeChi Sound Handpan Studio in Utrecht, where he teaches and sells instruments he has played himself first.
Contact
Say hello
The fastest way to reach me is WhatsApp. Tell me what you are after and where you are starting from. I come back with a time.
