Concert Video
The Present Music Ensemble will perform with Margaret Leng Tan who has established herself as a major force within the American avant-garde. She is a talented and visionary pianist whose work sidesteps perceived boundaries within the usual concert experience. Tan, the first woman to earn a doctorate from Juilliard, actively collaborated with John Cage and is recognized as the pre-eminent interpreter of Cage’s music. Tan is the world’s first professional toy piano virtuoso. She will perform Ge Gan-ru’s Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!, a melodrama for voice self-accompanied by a 17-piece toy orchestra. John Adams' new string quartet, Erik Griswold's Old McDonald's yellow submarine and Osvaldo Golijov's Last Round will also be performed.
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Listen Here Eleanor Rigby arranged by Toby Twining Gymnopedie #3 by Erik Satie Modern Love Waltz by Philip Glass Nightmare Rag by Toby Twining Old MacDonald's Yellow Submarine, Pink Memories Full Program John Cage program info Philip Glass program info Stephen Montague program info Erik Griswold program info Osvaldo Golijov program info Ge Gan-Ru program info John Adams program info John Lennon/Paul McCartney program info Toby Twining program info Erik Satie program info
Learn more about Margaret: Treasures of the New York Public Library Video Collection: Inside the Piano ABC Radio National feature Video of Guy Klucevsek’s Sweet Chinoiserie Video of John Cage’s In the Name of the Holocaust
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Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan is a highly visible, talented and visionary pianist whose work sidesteps perceived artificial boundaries within the usual concert experience and creates a new level of communication with listeners.
Tan was the first woman to earn a Doctorate in Music from Juilliard and debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1991.
Present Music Ensemble Zhan Shu, violin Eric Segnitz, violin Peter Vickery, violin Matt Albert, violin Erin Pipal, viola Olga Tuzhilkov, viola Adrien Zitoun, cello Nicholas Photina, cello Andrew Raciti, bass