Diary
Upcoming:
27 October 2023 - 三礫 ‘THREE PEBBLES’ , Oxford International Song Festival
Centering the sung and unsung voices of their communities, Tangram offer a powerful provocation transcending the narrative that Chinese and western cultures are separate. Their programme is inspired by the missing history, place, and legacy of Chinese communities in the UK and US.
Previous:
31 August-1 September 2023 - 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.
2 March 2023 - Tangram Voices 7, Mantawoman ft. MettaShiba
Newly local singer-songwriter Mantawoman makes their Margate debut with an enchanting set on yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer). Joined by drummer/vocalist MettaShiba 慈柴, Manta will share iridescent improvisations and original “hypnopop” songs with an aim to inspire healing and transformation
28 January 2023 - Beibei Wang: 五行 Wu Xing – Five Elements
Experience the vitality of contemporary Chinese imagination as Tangram premiere superstar percussionist and composer Beibei Wang's new music theatre piece for Chinese and western instruments
27 October 2022 - Tangram at LSE
Tangram present a concert for two flutes and piano with Daniel Shao, Yi-Hsuan Chen, and Jessica Zhu deconstructing imagined boundaries between Chinese and western music and performers
9 September 2022 - Untold (work-in-progress showing), Snape Maltings
Tangram present a special concert version of Alex Ho's award-winning (anti-)opera at Festival of the New
29 August 2022 - Our Silence Is Your Silence, LSO St. Luke's
A new production, generously supported by Genesis Foundation, exploring the richness of silence on the 70th anniversary of John Cage's 4'33'' feat. world premieres by Sun Keting and Reylon Yount
28 August 2022 - Our Silence Is Your Silence, LSO St. Luke's
A new production, generously supported by Genesis Foundation, exploring the richness of silence on the 70th anniversary of John Cage's 4'33'' feat. world premieres by Sun Keting and Reylon Yount
26/27 May 2022 - LAOGANMAN, Tangram Voices #6, San Mei Gallery
Tangram founding artist, Daniel Shao, curates a new set exploring ideas of masculinity between China and the West feat. music by Sun Keting and Ben Nobuto
29 January 2022 - Lunar New Year Premieres, LSO St. Luke's
After two sold-out concerts at St. Luke's, Tangram are delighted to be returning with a programming remixing contemporary classical, Chinese classical, and pop-folk music including commissions by Vivian Fung and Tonia Ko alongside Emmy The Great
22 October 2021 - Angela Wai Nok Hui, Tangram Voices #5
San Mei Gallery, SW9. Tangram are delighted to present powerhouse percussionist Angela Wai Nok Hui in a deeply moving myriad of memories and reflections exploring Hong Kong identity through contemporary sounds.
23 September 2021 - Cheng Yu, Tangram Voices #4 Sound of Silk
Tangram return to live music-making at East London's Rich Mix with a programme curated and performed by pipa-virtuoso Cheng Yu who weaves a musical tale from China and the West
29 April 2021 - Chinese Arts Now Festival, Tangram Voices #3 Infusion
Tangram present the latest iteration of their series, Tangram Voices #3, where Taiwanese flautist, Yi-Hsuan Chen performs an eclectic mix of music spanning three continents
22 April 2021 - Chinese Arts Now Festival, Crossing Paths
Join Reylon Yount as he hosts Tangram composers Alex Ho, Sun Keting, and Raymond Yiu in conversation where they discuss their practices and showcase the latest music
10-11 December 2020 - New Creativity in the UK's Emerging East Asian Music Scene - Symposium in partnership with SOAS
Tangram host a symposium exploring how East Asian identities create and curate the music scene in the UK
25 November 2020 - Lancaster Arts - postponed due to COVID-19
Tangram perform a programme of music showing off the breadth and vitality of Chinese music from folksongs to contemporary classics
12 November 2020 - Sheffield University, Octagon Centre, Sheffield - postponed due to COVID-19
Tangram give world premieres of commissions by Dorothy Ker and Jeroen Speak alongside works by Sun Keting Jasmin Kent Rodman, and several Chinese folk songs
30 October 2020 - New Stories: A Digital Short Play Festival by Yellow Earth Theatre
Watch the collaboration between Tangram and Yellow Earth Theatre bringing Andrea Ling's new play to life
5 September - Tangram Voices #2
Online concert by erhu-player, Chen Teng, featuring world premieres by Shruthi Rajasekar and Robin Haigh
13 August 7-8pm - Screening of Untold
Tangram host a viewing of Alex Ho's anti-opera, Untold, winner of the George Butterworth Award 2020.
27 June 2020 5-6pm - Launch concert (online) of Tangram Voices, a new series of solo and duet performances by Tangram artists
World premieres by Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Raymond Yiu, Beibei Wang, and Reylon
All donations are for The Black and African Solidarity Show (B.A.S.S.)
5 May 2020, SOAS - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Tangram host a symposium on creating and curating East Asian Identity
1 May 2020, SOAS - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Tangram perform at SOAS in their position of Associate Ensemble as part of SOAS' annual concert series
25 January 2020, LSO St. Luke's
Tangram celebrate the Lunar New Year with two new commissions from Raymond Yiu and Jasmin Kent Rodgman and new arrangements of Chinese folk melodies
5 November 2019 - Hackney Round Chapel, Sound and Music 'New Voices'
Tangram presents a new stage-work by Alex Ho featuring a new DJ set by Flora Yin-Wong
22 September 2019 - St Mary's Church, Rye Arts Festival
Tangram perform a programme inspired by Chinese folk melodies with a free workshop earlier in the day
20 July 2019 - LSO St Luke's LSO Soundhub
Performances of works by Alex Ho and Sun Keting as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub scheme, performed by Reylon Yount and LSO musicians
19 July 2019 - LSO St Luke's LSO Lunchtime Concerts
Performances of works by Alex Ho and Sun Keting as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Friday lunchtime concert series, performed by Reylon Yount and LSO musicians
25 January 2019 - LSO St. Luke's Chinese Arts Now Festival
Tangram perform a range of works for flute, yangqin and percussion by Alex Ho, Beibei Wang, Chen Yi and Dong Zhou
23 January 2019 - nonclassical, Battle of the Bands
Reylon Yount performs Alex Ho's Rituals and Resonances at nonclassical's annual Battle of the Bands
27 October 2023 - 三礫 ‘THREE PEBBLES’ , Oxford International Song Festival
Centering the sung and unsung voices of their communities, Tangram offer a powerful provocation transcending the narrative that Chinese and western cultures are separate. Their programme is inspired by the missing history, place, and legacy of Chinese communities in the UK and US.
Previous:
31 August-1 September 2023 - 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.
2 March 2023 - Tangram Voices 7, Mantawoman ft. MettaShiba
Newly local singer-songwriter Mantawoman makes their Margate debut with an enchanting set on yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer). Joined by drummer/vocalist MettaShiba 慈柴, Manta will share iridescent improvisations and original “hypnopop” songs with an aim to inspire healing and transformation
28 January 2023 - Beibei Wang: 五行 Wu Xing – Five Elements
Experience the vitality of contemporary Chinese imagination as Tangram premiere superstar percussionist and composer Beibei Wang's new music theatre piece for Chinese and western instruments
27 October 2022 - Tangram at LSE
Tangram present a concert for two flutes and piano with Daniel Shao, Yi-Hsuan Chen, and Jessica Zhu deconstructing imagined boundaries between Chinese and western music and performers
9 September 2022 - Untold (work-in-progress showing), Snape Maltings
Tangram present a special concert version of Alex Ho's award-winning (anti-)opera at Festival of the New
29 August 2022 - Our Silence Is Your Silence, LSO St. Luke's
A new production, generously supported by Genesis Foundation, exploring the richness of silence on the 70th anniversary of John Cage's 4'33'' feat. world premieres by Sun Keting and Reylon Yount
28 August 2022 - Our Silence Is Your Silence, LSO St. Luke's
A new production, generously supported by Genesis Foundation, exploring the richness of silence on the 70th anniversary of John Cage's 4'33'' feat. world premieres by Sun Keting and Reylon Yount
26/27 May 2022 - LAOGANMAN, Tangram Voices #6, San Mei Gallery
Tangram founding artist, Daniel Shao, curates a new set exploring ideas of masculinity between China and the West feat. music by Sun Keting and Ben Nobuto
29 January 2022 - Lunar New Year Premieres, LSO St. Luke's
After two sold-out concerts at St. Luke's, Tangram are delighted to be returning with a programming remixing contemporary classical, Chinese classical, and pop-folk music including commissions by Vivian Fung and Tonia Ko alongside Emmy The Great
22 October 2021 - Angela Wai Nok Hui, Tangram Voices #5
San Mei Gallery, SW9. Tangram are delighted to present powerhouse percussionist Angela Wai Nok Hui in a deeply moving myriad of memories and reflections exploring Hong Kong identity through contemporary sounds.
23 September 2021 - Cheng Yu, Tangram Voices #4 Sound of Silk
Tangram return to live music-making at East London's Rich Mix with a programme curated and performed by pipa-virtuoso Cheng Yu who weaves a musical tale from China and the West
29 April 2021 - Chinese Arts Now Festival, Tangram Voices #3 Infusion
Tangram present the latest iteration of their series, Tangram Voices #3, where Taiwanese flautist, Yi-Hsuan Chen performs an eclectic mix of music spanning three continents
22 April 2021 - Chinese Arts Now Festival, Crossing Paths
Join Reylon Yount as he hosts Tangram composers Alex Ho, Sun Keting, and Raymond Yiu in conversation where they discuss their practices and showcase the latest music
10-11 December 2020 - New Creativity in the UK's Emerging East Asian Music Scene - Symposium in partnership with SOAS
Tangram host a symposium exploring how East Asian identities create and curate the music scene in the UK
25 November 2020 - Lancaster Arts - postponed due to COVID-19
Tangram perform a programme of music showing off the breadth and vitality of Chinese music from folksongs to contemporary classics
12 November 2020 - Sheffield University, Octagon Centre, Sheffield - postponed due to COVID-19
Tangram give world premieres of commissions by Dorothy Ker and Jeroen Speak alongside works by Sun Keting Jasmin Kent Rodman, and several Chinese folk songs
30 October 2020 - New Stories: A Digital Short Play Festival by Yellow Earth Theatre
Watch the collaboration between Tangram and Yellow Earth Theatre bringing Andrea Ling's new play to life
5 September - Tangram Voices #2
Online concert by erhu-player, Chen Teng, featuring world premieres by Shruthi Rajasekar and Robin Haigh
13 August 7-8pm - Screening of Untold
Tangram host a viewing of Alex Ho's anti-opera, Untold, winner of the George Butterworth Award 2020.
27 June 2020 5-6pm - Launch concert (online) of Tangram Voices, a new series of solo and duet performances by Tangram artists
World premieres by Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Raymond Yiu, Beibei Wang, and Reylon
All donations are for The Black and African Solidarity Show (B.A.S.S.)
5 May 2020, SOAS - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Tangram host a symposium on creating and curating East Asian Identity
1 May 2020, SOAS - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Tangram perform at SOAS in their position of Associate Ensemble as part of SOAS' annual concert series
25 January 2020, LSO St. Luke's
Tangram celebrate the Lunar New Year with two new commissions from Raymond Yiu and Jasmin Kent Rodgman and new arrangements of Chinese folk melodies
5 November 2019 - Hackney Round Chapel, Sound and Music 'New Voices'
Tangram presents a new stage-work by Alex Ho featuring a new DJ set by Flora Yin-Wong
22 September 2019 - St Mary's Church, Rye Arts Festival
Tangram perform a programme inspired by Chinese folk melodies with a free workshop earlier in the day
20 July 2019 - LSO St Luke's LSO Soundhub
Performances of works by Alex Ho and Sun Keting as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub scheme, performed by Reylon Yount and LSO musicians
19 July 2019 - LSO St Luke's LSO Lunchtime Concerts
Performances of works by Alex Ho and Sun Keting as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Friday lunchtime concert series, performed by Reylon Yount and LSO musicians
25 January 2019 - LSO St. Luke's Chinese Arts Now Festival
Tangram perform a range of works for flute, yangqin and percussion by Alex Ho, Beibei Wang, Chen Yi and Dong Zhou
23 January 2019 - nonclassical, Battle of the Bands
Reylon Yount performs Alex Ho's Rituals and Resonances at nonclassical's annual Battle of the Bands
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