Ozora Festival 2026
We are the Gong Orchestra. A collective of players from different countries, backgrounds, and experiences, united by one passion. We come together to celebrate the pure joy of life through sound and love.
Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power.
Collective
A living circle of sound artists, gong players, facilitators and space holders gathering at Ozora Festival 2026 to create moments of listening, grounding and shared presence.
“Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power.”
Gong Orchestra · Ozora Festival 2026The Gong Orchestra brings together different lineages, instruments and sensibilities. Through gongs, voice, silence and intention, the collective offers both intimate experiences and a powerful main-stage ceremony.
Each member contributes their own way of listening: sound healing, meditation, performance, ritual space, movement, painting, technical care and the simple joy of being together.
Voices
“As a gong maker and gong player, I am very much looking forward to creating something special together with this community. Experiencing and playing a gong concert of this size feels unique to me and fills me with deep gratitude”
“Sharing the gift of bringing so many gongs, played by a cooperating crew of sound magicians, to a space like Ozora is a privilege I did not expect in this lifetime”
“I feel truly grateful and excited for the possibility of bringing all these beautiful people together in a utopian place like Ozora Festival”
“From day one, I felt so much love and passion from all the amazing artists contributing to this unique project. Sharing the vision of the Gong Temple as a calm, centered anchor in the vibrant energy of the festival, and of Gong Zen as support for profound inner journeys, mental resets and collective resonance through high-quality live gong sound”
“It is a beautiful opportunity to connect with inspiring people, musicians, and experiences, and to grow through the shared language of sound”
“It's like a dream vision becoming reality”
“Healing frequencies and correction of magic”
“For me, this project is about creating a space where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, and experience deep relaxation through sound and mindfulness. It’s an honor to contribute to a community that values presence, connection, and personal growth”
“Being part of such a momentous vibration will resonate in many hearts and leave a beautiful feeling that we are here to share, standing together as brothers and sisters with good intention”
“This project is special to me because I get to create something magical in the most beautiful locations with the best crew”
“To be able to connect and cooperate with fellow sound practitioners is always deeply fulfilling to me”
“The possibility to create a space where we can send out high frequencies of unity and love”
“Expression and experiences that expand the range of possibilities”
Crew
Fractal Gong
Switzerland
Alejandro Notz is a Swiss-Venezuelan sound artist and founder of Fractal Gong. For over ten years, he has explored the gong through vibration, deep listening and silence. His work, shaped by years of training and embodied sensitivity, creates immersive spaces where the body can slow down, release and reconnect.
Gongwerk
Germany
André Richter has been building gongs for ten years: for Sona Sounds, for Ton of Life, and through Gongwerk, his own series.
die Mondin
Portugal, Germany, Austria, Greece
Anja Monden is a sound artist and clown with a multidimensional holistic approach. Born with the passion to remind people that sound, laughter and dancing are a shared language, she brings playfulness, presence and resonance into her work.
Poseigong
Portugal, Germany, Balkan
Driven by his passion for music and balance, Aron Sanal sees playing the gong and gathering beautiful souls around it as a deep form of expression. In his sound therapies and sound journeys, wellbeing and the understanding of collective consciousness are central.
Germany
Daniel Kizilirmak is a sound and gong facilitator, singing circle leader, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, DJ and social worker. He creates immersive and meditative spaces of self-experience through music and sound, inviting people to pause, reconnect, feel fully alive and harmonize within.
GONG whisper
Italy
Fabio Vescarelli is a musician and sound facilitator devoted to meditative concerts, live soundtracks for dance and readings, and vocal exploration. His work moves through sound healing, overtone singing, transformative free singing, nada yoga, and other practices of personal expression, listening, and inner evolution.
Star Sounds Orchestra
Germany
Jens Zygar is a German gong musician, sound artist, educator, and pioneer of Planetary Gong Music. Since 1984, he has developed innovative instruments, trained practitioners worldwide, and promotes the Cosmic Octave through performance, research, and international education.
Jojo's Mojo
Portugal
Johannes Rakel lives in the deep forests of northern Portugal as sustainably as possible. The main passions he likes to share with the world are music through guitar, food through tajine and movement through Kalaripayattu.
Slovakia
Katarína Naira is a certified Sound Master and Mindfulness Lector. She has been guiding immersive sound journeys with singing bowls, crystal bowls, gongs, and mindfulness practices to support relaxation and inner balance.
Gong Orchestra
Portugal
Louie Robert Golds is an English-Portuguese festival lover, surfer, highliner, juggler, hula-hooper and harmonica player.
Ordnung im Chaos
Germany
Trade fair construction, event technology, setup and dismantling, decoration, lighting installation, and carpentry.
Klangauszeiten
Germany
My name is Max. Music, instruments and percussion have been around all my life. I love facilitating deep states of relaxation, so you can re-connect to yourself and re-discover your very essence. Sound, voice and energy are my central tools.
Peetlypeet
Portugal / Germany
Peter Hage lives on his sailboat and is discovering the element of water. Raised in a musical family, he keeps music at the heart of his journey. As a sound artist, DJ and space creator, he aspires to bring people, passion and love together to create magic.
Netherlands
Rachel is a Mexican-American yoga instructor and certified Reiki healer. She loves to share healing vibrations through sound and movement.
Tósta Lebenskunst
Germany
Torsten Schröter is a jack-of-all-trades, free spirit, nature lover, craftsman, artist, qualified social educator, consultant, coach, musician and aspiring writer — “Everyone should have a Tósta.” He believes life should be fulfilling and self-created.
Sacred space
In our sacred space we welcome each and every one of you to step inside and let go. The Gong Temple offers a daily journey through sound, silence, planetary resonance and shared presence. On 30.07 the Temple will be closed for Gong Zen, as all gongs and players gather on the Ozora Stage.
“I hear a voice inviting me to enter”
The Moon represents intuition, the inner voice, the call from the unconscious and the beginning of a spiritual journey.
“I find my stability and my body”
Saturn embodies foundation, structure, physicality, grounding and stability. He is the planet of roots and material reality.
“I discover that breath is also music”
Mercury rules breath, communication, sound, rhythm and mental agility. He connects mind and expression.
“I understand that resonance arises from relationship”
Venus is the planet of the heart, love, relationships and harmonious resonance. She stands for connection and emotional vibration.
“I learn to listen to the silence”
Neptune represents emptiness, the unfathomable, deep silence, ego dissolution and mystical void.
“What is received becomes a gift for others”
Jupiter stands for expansion, generosity, abundance and sharing wisdom or gifts. He is the great giver and teacher.
“Everything returns to a single vibration”
The Sun symbolizes the One, the center, pure essence and divine light in which everything becomes unified again.
“I anchor the journey and bring the light back into the earth”
Earth represents embodiment, integration, nurturing and the sacred return to the physical world. It is the grounding force that allows us to live the journey in everyday reality.
Main Stage Ceremony
Get ready for a sacred moment of silence and grounding. In the heart of the festival, we step out of the noise and let the ancient vibrations flow through us—connecting every soul, heart and Mother Earth.
More than twenty players and forty-two gongs gather for a collective ceremony dedicated to wellbeing, centering and unity. Gong Zen is an invitation to pause, breathe and experience the festival from a deeper inner space.