Tangram and Echo Morgan: Nature Echo
LSO St Luke’s, London

TANGRAM are a London-based music collective, founded in 2019, designed to showcase cutting-edge contemporary composition in Chinese and Western culture. 

Bringing together music from across four continents, their aims is to present a powerful reflection on the global issue of climate change. Key terms in their launch manifesto include: “To transcend existing systems … to believe anything is possible … to take risks … to push boundaries … to juxtapose cultures and ideas … to put people first … to do it differently every single time … to reinvent ourselves at every turn … to add dimension.”

The St Luke’s concert was performed on the Jerwood Hall floor, under a painting by art director Echo Morgan, that depicted forms of abstract ice melting, fronted by real tree branches painted green. It was atmospherically lit in green, purple, white and blue hues, as the nine pieces were performed.