Written by Ambre Montespan - Updated on Mar 11, 2026
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If you’ve recently listened to one of Hungarian musician Heidi Albert’s beautiful handpan compositions, you might be wondering: Who is this artist? What’s her background, and what does her discography look like?
I was especially moved lately by the duets she’s created with Konstantin Rössler, another handpan player, and it sparked my curiosity about her career—because she isn’t only a handpan musician, she’s also a pop singer in her home country.
In this article, you’ll learn:
- Heidi Albert’s career outside of her handpan work
- The different releases she’s created around this percussion instrument
That way, you’ll get a much clearer picture of her career and step closer to the world and musical universe she shares through her many projects, especially on her YouTube channel.
Now, let’s dive deeper into Heidi Albert’s story.
Who is Heidi Albert, the handpan player?
Heidi Albert is the stage name of Andrea Bognár (often also referenced as “Bognár Andi”), a singer and handpan player. The name wasn’t chosen randomly: it combines the names of her two grandmothers, Ilona Albert and Hedvig Boldizsár. There’s very little public information about her, as she keeps her private life private. Beyond the fact that she’s from Hungary and studied classical music theory—especially cello—I wasn’t able to find many additional biographical details.
Before she became known online—especially through her YouTube channel—as a handpan player, she first established herself as a pop singer and songwriter with the band Latency, highlighted by the Hungarian label Magneoton. In the group, she explores themes such as women’s issues and skillfully blends a wide range of genres, from jazz and R&B to electronic music. For example, you can hear Heidi Albert’s soft voice in the music video below:
Alongside Latency, the future percussionist also released a few solo tracks, such as Lehetetlen and Legyen úgy. Still, you can find videos on her YouTube channel from January 2021 showing her composing melodies on a handpan, which suggests the instrument has been part of her life for quite some time. From 2024 onward, her work with this flying-saucer-shaped instrument really took off as she appeared at the HONA festival, a handpan music festival on the island of Naxos (Greece), with concerts and workshops. Heidi Albert is listed in the lineup, and the festival’s website describes her as an artist whose universe has gradually shifted toward a more stripped-back format.
After that, she began releasing meditation videos that run over an hour alongside other handpan musicians such as Konstantin Rössler, a German percussionist specializing in music therapy and sound-based well-being. Heidi Albert also continued building her discography with releases fully dedicated to the Hang drum. Here’s a list of her productions:
- Faith Handpan EP (2023): instrumental EP, 5 tracks, 38 min, released June 23, 2023 (Vermont Records).
- 528 Hz Relaxing Handpan Music / Elements (2023): downtempo album, 6 tracks, 1 hr 3 min, released December 15, 2023.
- Healing Faith Handpan EP 528 Hz (2024): “new age” EP, 5 tracks, 33 min, released January 12, 2024.
You can find all of her compositions on her Apple Music page. You can also watch the video below to get a feel for the sound world of this musician and singer:
On December 19, 2025, she also composed a track called “Healing Myself,” included on the album The Secret Handpan Album – Save The Handpan, which aims to raise funds to support the HCU project for Handpan Community United. This collaborative project is dedicated to protecting the handpan after attempts to make the production of this instrument illegal and banned by PANArt, the company that owns the patent for the Hang drum, which strongly influenced the handpan’s creation. Heidi Albert is therefore speaking up for the freedom of makers around the world to build handpans.
Relax like Heidi Albert with a sumptuous handpan
Heidi Albert embodies a strong trend in the world of handpans: artists who come from other backgrounds (classical music, songwriting, production) and then choose steel as the center of gravity in their musical work, without leaving the rest behind. With the help of this short article, you now have all the publicly available information about Heidi Albert.
And if she’s taken a turn toward Zen and well-being with her handpan, it’s because this instrument is a powerful tool for reaching a deeply relaxed state. With that in mind, I strongly encourage you to explore the handpans sold by the online store Instruments du Monde. Dozens of excellent models in a wide range of tunings are waiting for you, including this Mystic-scale handpan, perfect for creating dark, mysterious, and dreamy atmospheres.
Treat yourself now and check out this handpan by clicking on the image below:
Staying in Eastern Europe, I would now like to draw your attention to the career of Arthur Pasecinic, an excellent Romanian percussionist who has made the hang drum his instrument of choice. In doing so, he has become one of the best handpan players on the planet.
