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Press, sessions and conversations: what's been written and recorded about Ashim's music, his theatre work and his stages.

Featured by & on stage with

  • The Hindu
  • The Times of India
  • The Luxury Chronicle
  • TEDx
  • Sofar Sounds
  • Baarish
  • W.I.P Labs
  • Skillbox
Ashim Bery playing a handpan on a dark stage in Spiral, a large masked puppet figure leaning in beside him

The HinduTheatre

Spiral: A solo act on how women navigate fear and abuse in urban India (opens in a new tab)

11 May 2026 · Neha Kirpal

A feature on The Play Factory's one-woman play Spiral, directed by Mohit Mukherjee and performed by Preeti Agrawal Mehta. The piece describes how the live score shapes the play's rhythm, with Ashim on handpan alongside Deepak on drums and cajón, Yusra's Hindustani vocals and Anil Chawla on keys.

Deepak on the drums and cajón, alongside Ashim on the handpan

The Hindu
Read on The Hindu (opens in a new tab) Spiral on this site →
Ashim Bery speaking into a microphone on stage at Baarish, his handpan on his lap, beside a fellow performer against a white drape

The Times of IndiaFestival

Romancing baarish with sounds, art & food (opens in a new tab)

27 June 2025 · Shivika Manchanda

A report from Baarish, a monsoon festival of music, art and food at Travancore Palace in New Delhi, curated by India Cultural Hub and Excurators. The evening opened with a musical invocation of rain: Ashim on handpan with Pt Lalit Kumar on tabla, Kumar Sarang on santoor and Anant Raina on didgeridoo.

Ashim Bery playing the hand pan

The Times of India
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Also mentioned

  1. The Luxury ChronicleA magical celebration of the monsoon: 'Baarish' by Excurators and India Cultural Hub (opens in a new tab)On the first edition of Baarish at Travancore Palace, which opened with 'A Symphony of Rain', a musical invocation featuring Ashim with Lalit Kumar and Kumar Sarang.12 July 2025
  2. The Week (PTI)'Baarish': three-part multisensory experience to celebrate monsoon through music (opens in a new tab)A national wire preview of the Baarish series at Travancore Palace, listing Ashim among the musicians of the opening tribute to the arrival of the rains.12 June 2025
  3. Bir Music FestivalBir Music Festival 4.0 — line-up (opens in a new tab)The festival's fourth edition in Bir, Himachal Pradesh (11–13 June 2022), with Ashim in a line-up headlined by Kabir Cafe, alongside Apricot and Yugm.11 June 2022
  4. Gomantak TimesGoa this weekend: Major & Minor music festival and Potters Fest 2021 (opens in a new tab)A weekend preview of the family-friendly Major & Minor Music Festival in North Goa, with Ashim on handpan in the line-up.12 November 2021
  5. TEDTEDxMAIT — speaker: Ashim Bery (opens in a new tab)The official event page for TEDxMAIT, New Delhi, where Ashim spoke and played. His speaker bio covers his tabla training and the solo tongue drum and handpan project he began in 2015.31 August 2019
  6. All About JaipurJaipur is hosting a secret concert and you're invited (opens in a new tab)An introduction to Sofar Sounds in Jaipur, recalling the city's first secret gigs in spring 2018, where Ashim was among the artists who won the room over.3 July 2018
  7. Music BastiSapno Ki Duniya, from the album Ship of Dreams (opens in a new tab)A song written by children at a community centre in Bhalswa through Music Basti's programme, with Ashim credited as a teaching artist and percussionist.17 April 2016

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Talks, shows & sessions

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A Symphony of Rain Festival performance · Baarish, Travancore Palace, New Delhi · 2025 The full musical invocation that opened Baarish: Ashim on handpan with Lalit Kumar, Kumar Sarang and Anant Raina, filmed by the festival.
Sounds and Stories TEDx talk · TEDxMAIT, New Delhi · 2019 Ashim plays the handpan and shares his life and experiences through music, from the early days of his studio to his environmental work.
Songs & Stories Live show · W.I.P Labs · with Nithin Shamsudhin & Abhishek Singh · 2023 His landmark 2023 show: handpan, bass and sound art, with the stories behind each piece.
Live at Kala Ghoda Records Live session · New Delhi · 2022 A full live set recorded on 10 July 2022, edited by Vedant Sharma with animation by Shambhavi Thakur.
Sounds of Schwanheim Sofar Sounds · Island House, Divar, Goa · 2018 Filmed by Sofar Sounds at a living-room show in Goa.

From the archive

  1. 2020Going Somewhere (Live) (opens in a new tab)At home, Chittaranjan Park · produced by Nithin Shamsudin
  2. 2017Alvida (opens in a new tab)Kintsugi Singles · recorded by Abhishek Sekhri
  3. 2017Chai With Partner (opens in a new tab)Andswitch
  4. 2016Kalkaji to Khirkee (opens in a new tab)Ashim Bery & Friends at The Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi

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Conversations & podcasts

  1. Bridge The Gap: Healthy Cities · Swechha · 6 January 2026

    Why Trees Matter: forests, biodiversity and our future (opens in a new tab)

    Two school students, Arhan and Zoya, talk with Ashim about trees, forests and biodiversity in the city: the same trees that run through his seasons series.

  2. Nature Talks Podhcast · 24 May 2023

    Exploring conservation, education and the Bhalswa project (opens in a new tab)

    A conversation about Ashim's environmental work, from river restoration and school workshops to the Bhalswa landfill project, ending with him on handpan.

  3. No Movement Without Rhythm · 5 June 2020

    Episode 4: World Environment Day, featuring Ashim Bery (opens in a new tab)

    An hour-long conversation for World Environment Day about Ashim's music, his environmental work and how the two meet, with his songs played along the way.