FE Home
New Releases
Browse Catalog
Info
Email Us
Order Basket
Search:
Index of Artists
Browse by Artist: LENG TAN, MARGARET
Artist:
LENG TAN, MARGARET
Title:
Sonic Encounters
Label:
MODE
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
MODE 015CD
From Singapore, Tan is a leading new music pianist; here she plays Cage (2 prepared piano works from the 40s), Hovhaness, Crumb ("an extreme sensitivity to the beauty and expressive power of small units of sound,"), Somei Satoh ("creating a luminous sound of orchestral proportions,") & Ge Gan-Ru ("China's foremost avant garde composer... sonorities influences by traditional Chinese instruments").
Artist:
LENG TAN, MARGARET
Title:
Sorceress of the New Piano
Label:
MODE
Format:
DVD
Price:
$27.00
Catalog #:
MODE 194DVD
"Strumming the strings of a grand piano like a harp and performing Beethoven on toy piano are among the surprising scenes in Evans Chan's documentary,
Sorceress of the New Piano
(2004), which celebrates the trans-cultural career of Singapore-born, New York-based pianist Margaret Leng Tan, hailed by
The New Yorker
as 'the diva of avant-garde pianism.' The film traces Tan's quest for a new pianistic language, performing ground-breaking works by masters Henry Cowell, George Crumb, and her longtime mentor John Cage, as well as by maverick composers of the next generation: Philip Glass, Tan Dun, Somei Satoh, Ge Gan-ru, Toby Twining, Lois V Vierk, Raphael Mostel, Guy Klucevsek, Stephen Montague, and Jed Distler. Featured performers and critics include Joan LaBarbara, Edward Rothstein (
The New York Times
), Mark Swed (
Los Angeles Times
), and Joshua Kosman (
San Francisco Chronicle
) share their thoughts on Tan's artistry and musical lineage. Incorporating vintage footage of Merce Cunningham's dance, Jasper Johns' art, and a Marcel Duchamp film;
Sorceress
also highlights Tan's latest transformation as the champion and pioneer of new repertoire for the toy piano. Bonus Film:
The Maverick Piano
(2006) is an excursion into the sonic world of the avant-garde piano, as Margaret Leng Tan gives complete performances of 6 works by Cage, Satie, Ge Gan-ru (China), and Toby Twining (USA)." Region 0, NTSC format. Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish.
Sorceress
(92 min);
Maverick
(50 min). 2.0 PCM stereo.
Previous Page
Index of Artists
Next Page
