VIDEO
Trailer for “DRAGON LADIES DON’T WEEP”
Trailer for “TWINKLE DAMMIT! The World of Margaret Leng Tan”
Trailer for "SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO" DVD (Mode Records)
Trailer for "SHE HERSELF ALONE: THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO 2" (Mode Records)
CNN GREAT BIG STORY: The Toy Piano Virtuoso
BBC WORLD NEWS toy piano feature
Trailer for “CURIOS” by Phyllis Chen
Trailer for "METAMORPHOSES (Book l)" by George Crumb
Trailer for "SONATAS AND INTERLUDES" (Mode Records)
Treasures of The New York Public Library Video Series: "INSIDE THE PIANO"
Margaret Leng Tan performs John Cage’s "IN THE NAME OF THE HOLOCAUST”
“SUITE FOR TOY PIANO” by John Cage
Waltz 38 of John Cage’s “FORTY-NINE WALTZES FOR THE FIVE BOROUGHS”
Playing toy piano and toy instruments
"ELEANOR RIGBY” by the Beatles, arranged for toy piano by Toby Twining
“THE STEEL QIN” • New Old Chinese Music on Roulette TV
“WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!” (Melodrama for voice and toy orchestra) by Ge Gan-ru
“MINUTE RING” by Jed Distler (with apologies to R.
Wagner)
"TWINKLE DAMMIT!" by David Wolfson
"JESUS CHRIST LIZARD!" by Michael Hearst
"SONGS FOR UNUSUAL CREATURES!" on PBS Digital Studios
“SPEAK AND PLAY!” by Ranjit Bhatnagar
Preparing the piano for John Cage’s "BACCHANALE "
Playing Toy Instruments with Serious Talent: Margaret Leng Tan
UnCaged Toy Piano Festival: Toys and Moving Images
TOY PIANIST MARGARET LENG TAN on Voice of America - English version
TOY PIANIST MARGARET LENG TAN on Voice of America - Chinese version
4'33" on toy piano in Brooklyn
RECENT REVIEWS
Straits Times review of Minimalism Redux at National Gallery Singapore
Los Angeles Times review of Curios and Metamorphoses at REDCAT/Disney Hall
Art Jazz Culture Connection review of Curios and Metamorphoses at REDCAT/Disney Hall
I Care If You Listen review of CAGE, CRUMB AND BEYOND at Ecstatic Music Festival, New York
Washington Post review of CAGE, COWELL, CRUMB at the National Gallery of Art
Today! review of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES premiere at 2015 Singapore International Festival of Arts
The Washington Post review of CLANGOR! at the Hill Center, Washington DC
Review of CLANGOR! at the 2014 Singapore International Festival of Arts
The New York Times review of the 2013 UnCaged Toy Piano Festival
The New York Times review of “A Musical Adventure” in Washington Square Park
Four Walls at the Barbican, London:
- classicalsource.com
- bachtrack.com
Four Walls at the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington DC:
- The Washington Post, September 9, 2012
- The Washington Post, September 11, 2012
Margaret’s performance at Present Music’s TOYS! concert in Milwaukee:
expressmilwaukee.com
Present Music: Margaret Leng Tan’s mischief and mystery:
thirdcoastdigest.com
Los Angeles Times, Culture Watch: What’s new in music, DVDs and books
The Independent UK review of She Herself Alone
STREAMING AUDIO INTERVIEWS
Toy Piano interview on NPR’s ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
ARTICLES ABOUT MARGARET
“DRAGON LADY OF THE TOY PIANO” Straits Times profile (Singapore)
“MARGARET LENG TAN REIGNS OVER A TOY PIANO RENAISSANCE” • Washington Post profile
“A PERFORMER DRAWN TO THE PIANO’S WILD SIDE” • New York Times profile
“CHRYSALIS AND ABSENCE: SOME NOTES ON MARGARET LENG TAN” by W.C. Bamberger
FURTHER INFORMATION ON …
Margaret’s toy piano • Visit the P-ART Web of Artists
WRITINGS BY MARGARET LENG TAN
“GEORGE CRUMB: A REMEMBRANCE, Reflections on an Idyllic Friendship”
“John Cage Poses a Few Last Questions”