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City Hall Wing, Level 2, Singapore Courtyard<\/strong> 23-24 January 2019 (W-Th)<\/strong> Free (registration required, see below)<\/strong><\/p>\n Visitors are advised to dress comfortably as seating will be on the steps of the Singapore Courtyard.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Margaret Leng Tan, presenter<\/strong><\/p>\n Margaret Leng Tan is one of the foremost interpreters of John Cage\u2019s music and a leading figure in experimental music. Minimalism Redux is a marathon celebration of Minimalist music.<\/p>\n Enjoy Tan\u2019s piano renditions of historic Minimalist pieces never previously performed in Asia.<\/p>\n This performance is held in conjunction with the exhibition Minimalism: Space. Light. Object<\/em>. which runs from 16 November 2018 to 14 April 2019.<\/p>\n Please ensure you have a registration ticket for the performance at Singapore Courtyard Level 2, City Hall Wing. You will need to present your ticket, along with your confirmation email, for admittance into the event.<\/p>\n \u201cLeng Tan, a priestess of modernism and minimalism as well as a pianist second to none in the depth and intensity of sound she gets from any keyboard.\u201d Margaret Leng Tan, whose work embraces theatre, choreography, performance, has established herself as a major force in the American avant-garde. She is renowned as a pre-eminent John Cage interpreter and for her performances of American and Asian music that transcend the piano\u2019s conventional boundaries. After Cage\u2019s death in 1992, she was chosen as the featured performer in a tribute to his memory at the 45th Venice Biennale.<\/p>\n Margaret Leng Tan is also widely recognised as a pioneer of the toy piano. In her groundbreaking 1997 CD, The Art of the Toy Piano, she elevated a humble toy to the status of a real instrument. Critics acknowledge her as the world\u2019s first toy virtuoso, where her diminutive music-theatre of nostalgia and humour has delighted audiences at festivals around the world.<\/p>\n In 2015, Tan celebrated her 70th birthday with the birth of a new work Curios, written for her by American composer Phyllis Chen for toy piano and toy instruments, celebrating the bizarre world of the circus. The work received its world premiere at the Singapore International Festival of Arts and toured the Brisbane Festival. She also received the Cultural Medallion in 2015, Singapore\u2019s highest accolade for artists.<\/p>\n
National Gallery Singapore<\/strong><\/p>\n
7.30 PM \u2013 10:00 PM, two intervals<\/strong><\/p>\nMINIMALISM REDUX: Minimalist Music From Its Antecendents To Its Offshoots<\/h4>\n
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ABOUT MARGARET LENG TAN<\/h4>\n
\u2014Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n