Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan joined Eiko at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to perform an experimental duet on November 20, 2018.
Tan is an avant-garde pianist and toy pianist whose work goes beyond traditional boundaries of discipline or genre. She embraces aspects of theater, choreography, performance, and even uses “props” in her performances. Tan brings daring as well as disciplinary rigor to her work, inherited from her mentor, John Cage. Tan has been featured in international festivals and recorded with labels Mode, New Albion and ECM. Tan has also appeared on public television as well as at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Tan is the subject of two feature documentaries: Sorceress of the New Piano: The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan by Evans Chan (2004) and the award-winning Twinkle Dammit!, The World of Margaret Leng Tan by Chuang Xu (2020). Tan collaborated and toured with Eiko & Koma in Mourning (2007) and also performed during Danspace Project’s 2019 Platform that centered on Eiko’s A Body in Places. Tan’s theatrical sonic portrait, Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep, won Work of the Year (Dramatic category) in the 2021 Australian Art Music Awards.
Videos
Photo of Stone I by Maria Baranova
Photo of Eiko and Margaret Leng Tan for Vogue by Kirsten Tan