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Steven Baxter Recital Studio<\/strong> 11 September 2018 (Tu)<\/strong> Margaret Leng Tan, one of the world\u2019s most celebrated contemporary pianists, will introduce the avant-garde piano and its groundbreaking transformations through the extended techniques of \u201cthe three C\u2019s\u201d, Cage, Cowell and Crumb. Ms. Tan will give a hands-on demonstration of John Cage\u2019s famous invention, the prepared piano, the cluster and string piano innovations of Cage\u2019s teacher, Henry Cowell, as well as the timbral magic of George Crumb\u2019s interior piano universe. Also included in the discussion will be the notational challenges faced by composers of new music. There will be ample opportunity for questions. Open to composers, pianists, other musicians, and all with a lively curiosity.<\/p>\n The three Cs \u2013 Cage, Cowell and Crumb \u2013 laid the foundation for the extended language of the piano, conjuring forth tantalizing new sound possibilities from the piano\u2019s interior. While their pioneering, now \u201cclassic avant-garde\u201d accomplishments laid the foundation for future forays by experimentalists, the pianistic worlds of Cage, Cowell and Crumb remain sui generis, each an inimitably distinct, unmistakable sonic realm.<\/p>\n Margaret Leng Tan is one of the most highly regarded performers of American experimental music. Tan, whose work embraces theatre, choreography, performance, is renowned as a pre-eminent John Cage interpreter and performer of American and Asian music transcending the piano\u2019s conventional boundaries. She has been hailed by the Washington Post as \u201cthe formidable doyenne of the avant-garde piano [who] has built a career on upending tradition, pushing her instrument into fresh, no-holds-barred sonic worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory<\/strong><\/p>\n
5:30 PM \u2013 7:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\nABOUT THE EVENT<\/h4>\n
ABOUT MARGARET LENG TAN<\/h4>\n