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Tangram
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2019
Tangram is a music movement transcending the China-West divide.
Made up of researchers, composers and performers of Chinese and western instruments, Tangram launched in 2019 as recipients of the Chinese Arts Now Artist Development Bursary and winners of Nonclassical's Battle of the Bands. They have worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, Silk Road Ensemble, New Earth Theatre, and are currently Associate Ensemble at SOAS University of London.
Tangram's compositions and performances delve into the richness and multiplicity of transnational Chinese experience, encouraging audiences to engage in nuanced cultural exchange and deep listening across perceived borders. Through the emotional languages of music, they hope to transcend the pervasive assumption that China and the West are mutually exclusive entities, in favour of imagining more interconnected futures.
Made up of researchers, composers and performers of Chinese and western instruments, Tangram launched in 2019 as recipients of the Chinese Arts Now Artist Development Bursary and winners of Nonclassical's Battle of the Bands. They have worked with the London Symphony Orchestra, Silk Road Ensemble, New Earth Theatre, and are currently Associate Ensemble at SOAS University of London.
Tangram's compositions and performances delve into the richness and multiplicity of transnational Chinese experience, encouraging audiences to engage in nuanced cultural exchange and deep listening across perceived borders. Through the emotional languages of music, they hope to transcend the pervasive assumption that China and the West are mutually exclusive entities, in favour of imagining more interconnected futures.
Sleeping Warrior - Electra Perivolaris (Tangram Commission)
Tangram Commission
Nature Echo 24/25 UK tour
This piece is inspired by my mixed Scottish and Greek heritage, taking the mountain contour lines from maps of my home on the Scottish Isle of Arran as its starting point. The outline of the mountains on Arran is described as ‘The Sleeping Warrior’, giving this piece its title. The ideas from Chinese drumming, including the use of dramatic storytelling with sound and movement and the use of dialect rhythms, are elements which are present in the Gaelic music in the Western Isles of Scotland. I use the mountain contour lines from the maps to create an element of choreography, as the shapes are traced in the air and on the drum heads using granite rocks collected from the mountains of Arran. Gaelic speech rhythms also influence my piece, as the descriptive names of the mountains influence the cyclic percussion and flute lines.
The use of the flautist's voice brings together influences from Gaelic Hebridean song traditions, as well as elements of the Byzantine chant which is present in the communities around my Greek family's home on the island of Chios. These melodic and lyrical lines layer with the cyclic language rhythms in the percussion part and, as the piece progresses, marble rocks from the mountains of Chios begin to combine with the granite rocks of Arran and the flautist also begins to trace mountain contour shapes using the blended sound of the flute, their voice, and their breath, creating ever more complex mountain contour shapes.
My piece for Tangram explores a ‘borderless’ kind of music which brings together influences from different musical cultures as a means of discovering a new compositional language, drawing on my dual island heritage of Scotland and Greece, as well as on Tangram’s roots in Chinese music.
(words by Electra Perivolaris)
Nature Echo 24/25 UK tour
This piece is inspired by my mixed Scottish and Greek heritage, taking the mountain contour lines from maps of my home on the Scottish Isle of Arran as its starting point. The outline of the mountains on Arran is described as ‘The Sleeping Warrior’, giving this piece its title. The ideas from Chinese drumming, including the use of dramatic storytelling with sound and movement and the use of dialect rhythms, are elements which are present in the Gaelic music in the Western Isles of Scotland. I use the mountain contour lines from the maps to create an element of choreography, as the shapes are traced in the air and on the drum heads using granite rocks collected from the mountains of Arran. Gaelic speech rhythms also influence my piece, as the descriptive names of the mountains influence the cyclic percussion and flute lines.
The use of the flautist's voice brings together influences from Gaelic Hebridean song traditions, as well as elements of the Byzantine chant which is present in the communities around my Greek family's home on the island of Chios. These melodic and lyrical lines layer with the cyclic language rhythms in the percussion part and, as the piece progresses, marble rocks from the mountains of Chios begin to combine with the granite rocks of Arran and the flautist also begins to trace mountain contour shapes using the blended sound of the flute, their voice, and their breath, creating ever more complex mountain contour shapes.
My piece for Tangram explores a ‘borderless’ kind of music which brings together influences from different musical cultures as a means of discovering a new compositional language, drawing on my dual island heritage of Scotland and Greece, as well as on Tangram’s roots in Chinese music.
(words by Electra Perivolaris)
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Bamboo Echoes - Zhenyan Li (Tangram Commission)
มุมมอง 6128 วันที่ผ่านมา
Nature Echo 24/25 UK tour Tangram Commission Bamboo Echoes - Zhenyan Li In 'Bamboo Echoes,' I drew inspiration from the elegant qualities of bamboo. Originating from Chengdu, Sichuan, renowned for its bamboo cultivation, I am intrigued by the organic growth of this plant-a remarkable gift from nature. Notably, the growing process of bamboo produces distinct sounds, especially the creaky sound, ...
Nature Echo (trailer)
มุมมอง 718หลายเดือนก่อน
A live event by Tangram featuring Echo Morgan art director Daniel Shao flute Garwyn Linnell cello Beibei Wang percussion Annie Yim piano Alex Ho music director/creative producer Sun Keting music director/creative producer
Nature Echo｜Dan Shao introduces Chinese Flute Dizi
มุมมอง 8910 หลายเดือนก่อน
Nature Echo｜Dan Shao introduces Chinese Flute Dizi
Tangram x Beibei Wang: 五行 Wu Xing - Five Elements
มุมมอง 327ปีที่แล้ว
The collective of the five elements (五行) is central to Chinese philosophy and informs knowledge of cosmology, medicine and martial arts, amongst many other cultural practices. In this special evening, fire, water, wood, metal and earth are transformed into an arresting spectrum of sound combining Chinese folksong, Peking Opera and Western Classical music. Genre-defying percussionist Beibei Wang...
Ocean - Mantawoman
มุมมอง 85ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices #7 Mantawoman ft. Momoko filmed 2nd March by George Hopkins @Whereelse? Margate
Adventure - Mantawoman
มุมมอง 123ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices #7 Mantawoman ft. Momoko filmed 2nd March by George Hopkins @Whereelse? Margate
{Construction} - Mantawoman
มุมมอง 57ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices #7 Mantawoman ft. Momoko filmed 2nd March by George Hopkins @Whereelse? Margate
YANG QUEEN 2023 (Official Trailer)
มุมมอง 116ปีที่แล้ว
LSO St Luke's Thursday 31 August - Friday 1 September 2023 www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/tangram-x-mantawoman-yang-queen/ Mantawoman, alter ego of yangqin extraordinaire Reylon Yount, premieres her audiovisual extravaganza about the heartbreaking beauty of change. Presented by Tangram. YANG QUEEN is a kaleidoscopic experience of music, movement, animation and video art, centred upon the iridescent sou...
Sun Keting - It’s Distance that Makes Mountains Mountains (Excerpts) (2022)
มุมมอง 196ปีที่แล้ว
Commissioned by Tangram and premiered on 28/29 August 2022 at LSO St Luke's Music by Sun Keting ketingsun.com Conductor - Naomi Woo Flute - Daniel Shao Clarinet - Anna Hashimoto Piano - Satoshi Kubo Percussion - Beibei Wang Violin I - Patrick Dawkins Violin II - Chihiro Ono Viola - Richard Jones Violoncello - Valerie Welbanks Double Bass - Emma Prince Narration by Da Hong and Emma Harding There...
Folksong arr. Tetiana Yashvili (Тетяна Яшвілі) and Mantawoman - The Dream Passes By The Window
มุมมอง 490ปีที่แล้ว
Traditional Ukrainian folk song, ‘Ой ходить сон коло вікон’ / 'The Dream Passes By The Window’ arr. Tetiana Yashvili (Тетяна Яшвілі) and Mantawoman as Bomb Shelter Lullaby (2022) Inna Husieva (Інна Гусєва) - Soprano Mantawoman - Yangqin Satoshi Kubo - Piano Mask by Damselfrau Picture-in-picture filming by Ted Evans Performed as part of Tangram's production 'Our Silence Is Your Silence' at LSO S...
Valentyn Sylvestrov (Валентин Сильвестров) - Oda
มุมมอง 129ปีที่แล้ว
Valentyn Sylvestrov (Валентин Сильвестров), from Silent Songs (1973-1977) - ‘Ода’ / ‘Ode’ poem by Osip Mandelstam Inna Husieva (Інна Гусєва) - Soprano Satoshi Kubo - Piano Performed as part of Tangram's production 'Our Silence Is Your Silence' at LSO St Luke's in August 2022 Ode (Schubert on water) И Шуберт на воде, и Моцарт в птичьем гаме, И Гете, свищущий на вьющейся тропе, И Гамлет, мысливши...
Valentyn Sylvestrov (Валентин Сильвестров) - Farewell, oh world, oh earth
มุมมอง 634ปีที่แล้ว
Valentyn Sylvestrov (Валентин Сильвестров), from Silent Songs (1973-1977) ‘Прощай, світе, прощай, земле…’ / ‘Farewell, oh world, oh earth’ poem by Taras Schevchenko (Тарáс Шевчéнко) Inna Husieva (Інна Гусєва) - Soprano Satoshi Kubo - Piano Performed as part of Tangram's production 'Our Silence Is Your Silence' at LSO St Luke's in August 2022 Farewell, o world, o earth Прощай, світе, прощай, зем...
Reylon Yount, Mantawoman - Everything is Music 萬物皆音樂 - a cover of John Cage's 4'33“
มุมมอง 351ปีที่แล้ว
Reylon Yount, Mantawoman - Everything is Music 萬物皆音樂 - a cover of John Cage's 4'33“
Tangram Symposium: A Conversation with Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Shzr Ee Tan & Alex Ho
มุมมอง 822 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Symposium: A Conversation with Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Shzr Ee Tan & Alex Ho
Tangram - Puzzle Pieces Ep. 3 | Reylon / Mantawoman
มุมมอง 2832 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram - Puzzle Pieces Ep. 3 | Reylon / Mantawoman
Chia-Ying Lin - ANTARA for solo yangqin, performed by Reylon
มุมมอง 5312 ปีที่แล้ว
Chia-Ying Lin - ANTARA for solo yangqin, performed by Reylon
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: On Silk and Paper 丝与纸 by Alex Ho
มุมมอง 2022 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: On Silk and Paper 丝与纸 by Alex Ho
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Three and Six 三六
มุมมอง 1042 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Three and Six 三六
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Harmony between God and Man 神人畅
มุมมอง 1312 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Harmony between God and Man 神人畅
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Dreaming of a Butterfly 梦蝶
มุมมอง 892 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Dreaming of a Butterfly 梦蝶
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Ambushed from Ten sides 十面埋伏
มุมมอง 1902 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Ambushed from Ten sides 十面埋伏
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Flowing Water 流水
มุมมอง 922 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Flowing Water 流水
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Prelude to a Peaceful Evening 良宵引
มุมมอง 1252 ปีที่แล้ว
Tangram Voices 4 | Cheng Yu: Prelude to a Peaceful Evening 良宵引
Bro...lets link up...
Correct title: The lyrics are by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko - poem "Dream".
Nice,thanks for sharing.
This is so great! Thank you!
This is fantastic ... Thanks for the inspiration!
This is absolutely fantastic!
Genius
Hell. YES!! 🔥❤️🔥
<3
sodelicious..................
Інтерпретація такої знайомої колискової перфектне! Справжнє драматичне дійство! Мати - дитинка -війна!
дякую🌻
Amazing 🧡
Браво!!! Одне із найкращих виконань цієї пісні, яке я чув досі!
Дякую!🌻
I feel really sorry so anyone lookinf in the comment rn please like to the vid😅😅💜
!!! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
<3
非常喜欢把音乐中西结合，使人心情非常宁静，太好听了。👍
Such enchanting sounds 💫 all the best with the Midautumn Festival
Bravo!
Great video! The 'behind the scenes' format really brings the artist and music to the fore!
Fascinating! Some really cool textures there! And thank you for inviting us into your space!
Congrats Beibei and Tangram!
Fabulous!
Thank you!
Bravo👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! x
Thank you
Where is everyone based? I missed the beginning sorry
Hi there! We have Kiku based in Denmark, Hyelim based in London (mostly), Tangram artists, Julia Cheng and Jasmin based in London.
Bravo Tangram! Thanks for bringing these talented artists together
More innovative music coming from Robin ... love it.
<3
I loved the variety and cultural exchanges here! Beautiful music and congratulations!
Wonderful! Great job Teng! Highly informative and melodious ❤️❤️❤️
Wonderful concert! Thank you!
Lovely collaboration Shruthi Rajasekar and Cheng Teng, enjoyed the interpretation of raga Behaag. Very soulfully composed and executed. Looking forward to when you experiment with adding in Carnatic percussion with Erhu
Great idea! Thank you for the advice!
Many congratulations. Wonderful to watch.
Exciting :DD
🎶
Such deep respect, shown through music, for difference and change and the connections that humanity needs. You’re doing wonderful things Tangram.
Thank you so much Sheila! Really appreciate you watching and the kind words :)
漂亮啊
感谢！：）
Thank you for such a lovely concert. It was perfect and the sounds of gale hitting on my window provided some unexpected but strangely complimenting wind acoustic 😁 I thoroughly enjoyed it and I look forward to future Tangram events 😁👍🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and what a beautiful acoustic effect :)
Cool atmospheric stuff for a rainy indoorsy day!
Thanks Shzr Ee! :)