Margaret Leng Tan

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ABOUT MARGARET LENG TAN
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photo:Michael Dames


UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

PLAY! MUSIC FOR TOYS
MATA INTERVAL 2.4
curated by Angelica Negron
Wed, March 18, 8pm
Issue Project Room
232 3rd Avenue at 3rd Street
Brooklyn, New York
$10 at door

www.matafestival.org


SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO
Paris premiere
American University of Paris
Wed, April 1st, 18.30 h
American University of Paris
Room C12
6 rue du Colonel Combes
(Free Admission)


PRESIDENT'S COMMAND PERFORMANCE
INAUGURAL CHARITY GALA
Sun, April 5, 8pm
Esplanade Theater
Singapore

Singapore Mediacorp TV broadcast on Channel 5
Sun, April 19, 7.30pm
Repeat: Sun, April 26, 4.30pm


JOHN CAGE Lecture Recital
Dorr Distinguished Lecture Series
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Lipinsky Auditorium
Wed, April 15, 7.30pm

SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO film screening
Lecture Hall
Thurs, April 16, 7.30pm
Preceded by a short toy piano program


TERRY RILEY celebration
"In C"
Friday, April 24, 8pm
Stern Auditorium/ Carnegie Hall

www.carnegiehall.org


CAGE/NAM-JUNE/FLUXUS
James Cohan Gallery
Sat, May 16
5.30pm and 7pm
533 West 26 Street
New York City
(212) 714 9500
Free Admission

www.jamescohan.com


CAGE-KAPROW-FLUXUS
Emily Harvey Foundation
Wed, May 27, 8pm
537 Broadway, New York 10012
Free Admission

www.emilyharveyfoundation.org


CAGE-KAPROW-FLUXUS
53rd INTERNATIONAL VENICE BIENNALE vernissage
Fri, June 5
late night performance at midnight
Great Hall of Mirrors, Palazzo Zenobio
(The Armenian Palace)
Dorsoduro 2596
Venezia
Free Admission
Info: eventi@collegioarmeno.it
Tel: (39) 04 15228770

www.collegioarmeno.com


ERROLYN WALLEN & FRIENDS
MARGARET LENG TAN
(toy piano), JOHN WESLEY HARDING
Le Poisson Rouge
Tues, July 14, 7.30pm
158 Bleecker Street
New York City

(212) 769 0741


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC PIANO FESTIVAL
August 7-15, Melbourne:

SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO film screening
Fri, August 7, 3pm

THE TOY PIANO (lecture recital)
Thurs, August 13, 1pm

THROUGH THE SILENCE: JOHN CAGE recital,
Fri, August 14, 1pm

Pianos prepared, ruined and toy
A discussion with Margaret Leng Tan and Ross Bolleter
Fri, August 14, 3pm

“The Music Show”
public discussion hosted by Andrew Ford on ABC (National Radio)
Sat, August 15, 10am

Closing concert:
THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Works by Erik Griswold, Ge Gan-ru, Toby Twining

MAKROKOSMOS 11 celebrating George Crumb's 80th birthday
Sat, August 15, 10pm

www.anam.com.au


THE STEEL QIN: New/Old Chinese Music for Piano
in conjunction with the installation by Song Dong
Thurs, August 27, 5.30pm and 7pm
Museum of Modern Art, SummerGarden
New York City
Free admission



NEW and RECENT RECORDINGS/DVDs:

SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO
by EVANS CHAN
(2004, 92 mins)
With French, German and Spanish subtitles
Now available in DVD on Mode Records!
Watch the trailer at:
www.moderecords.com

Mode Records: (212) 979 1027

DVD includes bonus film
THE MAVERICK PIANO
by EVANS CHAN
(2007, 50 mins)


SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO is also available in Japan on Uplink

Japanese title: ART OF THE TOY PIANO: THE WORLD OF MARGARET LENG TAN (with Japanese subtitles)

www.uplink.co.jp


WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! melodrama for voice and toy orchestra by GE GAN-RU
on his "LOST STYLE" CD, New Albion Records (NA134)
release date: June 12, 2007

www.newalbion.com


JOHN CAGE: WORKS FOR PIANO 7
Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano
plus world premiere recording of his recently re-discovered score-painting, Chess Pieces
Also Chess Serenade by Vittorio Rieti
mode 158 CD/DVD

Gramophone Magazine "Desert Island Choice" (Feb 07)

An All Music Guide Best of 2006 selection

www.moderecords.com


Re-issue of SONIC ENCOUNTERS
(originally released in 1989)
CAGE: Primitive, In the Name of the Holocaust
HOVHANESS: Orbit, Jhala
CRUMB: Five Pieces for Piano
SOMEI SATOH: Cosmic Womb
GE GAN-RU: Ancient Music
mode 15 CD

www.moderecords.com


Click Here for Recordings

Available from Mode Records
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George Crumb Makrokosmos I & II

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Toy Piano Profile

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MOURNING
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A collaboration with Eiko&Koma

 

Trailer for "SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO" DVD (Mode Records)

"SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO: THE ARTISTRY OF MARGARET LENG TAN" ---The 90-minute documentary film by Evans Chan.

Treasures of The New York Public Library Video Series: "INSIDE THE PIANO"

Read about Margaret Leng Tan's performance for the 50th anniversary of John Cage's 4'33" at the historic Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock, New York.

Enjoy her essay "THE SILENT REVOLUTION": Some Personal Reflections on John Cage.

Audio-visual from Minnesota Public Radio's "AMERICAN MAVERICKS" Series

"TOYING WITH CAGE": Margaret Leng Tan Brings a Virtuoso's Touch to the Keyboards of the Avant-Garde (Read the Interview)

Read Margaret Leng Tan's discussion on John Cage and his score-painting "CHESS PIECES" with All Music Guide's Uncle Dave Lewis

 

"A PERFORMER DRAWN TO THE WILD SIDE", a New York Times profile

Margaret Leng Tan performs John Cage's "IN THE NAME OF THE HOLOCAUST"

Playing toy piano and toy instruments

"ELEANOR RIGBY" by the Beatles, arranged for toy piano by Toby Twining

"SWEET CHINOISERIE" for toy pianos, toy accordion, melodica, toy and kitchen percussion by Guy Klucevsek

"EAST BROADWAY" for toy piano and toy boombox by Julia Wolfe

"THE STEEL QIN": NEW OLD CHINESE MUSIC on Roulette TV

  


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