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For the music of our time.

From idea to performance – LUNASON combines research, instrument development, editions, education and artistic practice.

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Metasonic Formats

Transform your sound

Metasonic Formats for orchestras, ensembles, and institutions. Develop a customized format together with LUNASON and expand your ensemble with new instruments, resonance chambers, and sonic perspectives.

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Education courses

Listen · Explore · Create

LUNASON education courses combine sound, instruments, research, and artistic practice. Discover new ways of listening, experimenting, and creating music together.

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Metasonic Strings

Beyond traditional sound

Metasonic Strings expand the world of stringed instruments with new sonic possibilities. Discover a new generation of stringed instruments.

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LUNASON Studios

Create · Research · Explore

A place where sound, research, and artistic practice converge. Discover the world of LUNASON, our instruments, and a space for new ideas, experiments, and encounters.

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Artistic Residency

Space · Sound · Creation

Develop your own artistic ideas amidst the soundscape of LUNASON. Get to know the instruments, explore new sounds and playing techniques, and use your residency for composition, research, or the development of your own artistic project.

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Metasonic Resonators

Resonance · Excitation · Projection

A new way to transmit and experience sound. Metasonic Resonators combine exciter technology with specially developed resonating bodies – an alternative to the classic loudspeaker with new possibilities for instruments, composition, and performance.

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LUNASON Editions

Music · Analysis · Documentation

LUNASON Editions combines music, research, and documentation in a unique series of publications. Discover scores, analyses, and publications about new instruments, new soundscapes, and the music of our time.

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Percussion Instruments

New sounds. New possibilities.

Discover a new generation of percussion instruments, designed for the music of our time. New materials, shapes, and sound concepts open up extraordinary playing possibilities and expand the sonic spectrum of contemporary music.

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Discover LUNASON

Step into the world of LUNASON.

Visit LUNASON Studios and experience our world of sound up close. Discover extraordinary instruments, Metasonic Resonators, and the ideas behind them – during a personal tour for groups, clubs, schools, and anyone curious about new sounds.

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Domenico Melchiorre SHOWREEL
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Domenico Melchiorre SHOWREEL

Theia for Chamber Orchestra and LUNASON Instruments (2023), Excerpts from the World Premiere
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Theia for Chamber Orchestra and LUNASON Instruments (2023), Excerpts from the World Premiere

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FRAMMENTI

AIRË for LUNASON Instruments, Organ and Soprano (2023) composed by Domenico Melchiorre
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AIRË for LUNASON Instruments, Organ and Soprano (2023) composed by Domenico Melchiorre

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SAMSA

Aranaya
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Aranaya

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Niyama

ANIME DI FERRO for six percussionists and LUNASON instruments, composed by Domenico Melchiorre
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ANIME DI FERRO for six percussionists and LUNASON instruments, composed by Domenico Melchiorre

LUNASON 

Featured on Swiss Television

An insight into the world of LUNASON – instruments, sound research and the ideas behind our work.

Our vision

"LUNASON develops a progressive range of instruments. Its philosophy combines a passion for exploring exquisite soundscapes with the uniqueness of its creations. It stands for innovation and quality in the music of our time."

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Domenico Melchiorre, Research and Development, Founder

Collection

Violin

Violin

Bassdesmophone

Bassdesmophone

Double bass

Double bass

Bassdrum

Bassdrum

Luna Case Bassdesmophone

Luna Case Bassdesmophone

Metaphone

Metaphone

Bassnicophone

Bassnicophone

Luna Case Bassnicophone

Luna Case Bassnicophone

Desmophone

Desmophone

Nicophone S

Nicophone S

Nicophone X

Nicophone X

Pyrablock

Pyrablock

Luna Case Pyrablocks

Luna Case Pyrablocks

Nicophone M

Nicophone M

Gaiabells

Gaiabells

Luna Case Sixxen

Luna Case Sixxen

Sixxen

Sixxen

Kawaphone

Kawaphone

Spica

Spica

Nicophone D

Nicophone D

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