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Artangel and Nitin Sawhney presents L'esprit d'accord

Part of Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot

Nitin Sawhney

13.11.26

Status: Coming up

To mark the launch of Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot Volume II (release date: 24 September 2026), Artangel is holding two performances with Volume II artists this autumn.

For the second performance, Nitin Sawhney presents a new work unlike any he has created before. Staged in Hackney's Round Chapel, it invites audiences into an unusually close encounter with one of Britain's most distinctive creative voices.

Accompanied by Aref Durvesh (tabla and dholak), Eos Counsell (violin), Shapla Salique (vocals), Ashwin Srinivasan (bansuri flute & vocals), YVA (vocals) plus a string sextet, Nitin Sawhney will present the title piece and then develop the evening's performance with improvised spoken word and further musical performances from his extensive catalogue.

Round Chapel welcomes visitors with disabilities and aims to make the venue as accessible as possible. Find the full access statement here.

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Taking place at Round Chapel, 1D Glenarm Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0LY

Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot

A concept album in which artists, writers, poets and musicians hold a mirror to humanity.

Nitin Sawhney

Nitin-Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney

Dr Nitin Sawhney CBE is a globally celebrated musician, composer, and cultural advocate. Raised in South London, he excelled as a classical and jazz pianist, flamenco guitarist, and later studied sitar and tabla. Abandoning a law degree for music in the 1980s, Sawhney has since composed over 70 film and TV scores, released 13 acclaimed solo albums, and earned an Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award, a CBE, and nine honorary doctorates.  His groundbreaking 1999 album Beyond Skin, a Mercury Prize nominee, fused Indian classical, jazz, and electronica, earning a South Bank Show Award. Albums like Prophesy (2001) and Philtre (2005) won MOBO and BBC Radio 3 Awards, while his film scores for The Namesake, Midnight’s Children, and Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle showcased his versatility. His 2025 BAFTA-nominated score for Disney’s Tiger follows his BAFTA-winning Human Planet and other acclaimed works.

Website: www.nitinsawhney.com

Instagram: @nitinsawhney

Portrait of Nitin Sawhney CBE. Photograph by Suki Dhanda.