On this day, 26 July, in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain, and in doing so introduced the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.

In a United Nations resolution adopted just last year, August 11 is officially World Steelpan Day.While citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan was born, have long regarded it as the country's ...

Trinidad and Tobago's PM has said the new Coat of Arms with the Steelpan shows that the pan had reached the country’s “highest heights." STEELPAN HISTORY: The iconic Steelpan on the Coat of Arms.

The former artistic director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) of Trinidad and Tobago returned to T&T in 2022 to co-found MITTCO alongside master tuner Mario Joseph, banker and pan ...

Trinidad and Tobago is known for its white sandy beaches, mountainous rainforests and steel pan drums. But its economy depends on oil and natural gas, not tourism.