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Margaret Leng Tan
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Margaret Leng Tan

Born 12 Dec 1945Singapore8 albums

Singaporean musician

Biography

Margaret Leng Tan (simplified Chinese: 陈灵; traditional Chinese: 陳靈; pinyin: Chén Líng) is a classical music artist known for her work as a professional toy pianist, performing in major cities around the world on her 51 cm-high toy pianos. She is also known to be a classical music performer using unconventional instruments like toy drums, soy sauce dishes, and cat-food cans.

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Songs written

  1. East Broadwaycommissioned1997 · 2 releases
  2. One²dedication2001 · 2 releases

Songs recorded

  1. Five Pieces for Piano: I. Quasi improvvisando2 versions
  2. Five Pieces for Piano: II. Ruvido, molto energico - Prestissimo - Ruvido2 versions
  3. Five Pieces for Piano: III. Notturno (sempre pizzicato)2 versions
  4. Five Pieces for Piano: IV. Ruvido, molto energico - Prestissimo - Ruvido2 versions
  5. Five Pieces for Piano: V. Senza misura, liberamente - Solenne - Tempo di primo pezzo2 versions
  6. Modern Love Waltz (Arr. for Two Toy Pianos)2 versions
  7. Satie Blues2 versions
  8. A Gate Into the Stars
  9. Ad Lib
  10. An American in Buenos Aires (A Blues Tango)
  11. Bacchanale
  12. Birds in Warped Time II
  13. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra: I
  14. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra: II
  15. Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra: III
  16. Cosmic Womb
  17. Daughter of the Lonesome Isle
  18. Dream
  19. East Broadway
  20. Eleanor Rigby
  21. Four Walls: Act I: Scene I
  22. Four Walls: Act I: Scene II
  23. Four Walls: Act I: Scene III
  24. Four Walls: Act I: Scene IV
  25. Four Walls: Act I: Scene V
  26. Four Walls: Act I: Scene VI
  27. Four Walls: Act I: Scene VIII
  28. Four Walls: Act II: Scene IX
  29. Four Walls: Act II: Scene X
  30. Four Walls: Act II: Scene XI
  31. Four Walls: Act II: Scene XII
  32. Four Walls: Act II: Scene XIII
  33. Gu Yue (Ancient Music): I. Gong
  34. Gu Yue (Ancient Music): II. Qin (Chinese Zither)
  35. Gu Yue (Ancient Music): III. Pipa (Chinese Lute)
  36. Gu Yue (Ancient Music): IV. Drum
  37. Gymnopédie no. 3
  38. Hymn to Ruin
  39. In a Landscape
  40. In the Name of the Holocaust
  41. In the Name of the Holocaust: A
  42. In the Name of the Holocaust: B
  43. Incarnation II
  44. Jazz Study
  45. Jhala, op. 103
  46. Litania
  47. Louis’ Loops
  48. Metamorphoses, Book I: I. Black Prince (Paul Klee)
  49. Metamorphoses, Book I: II. The Goldfish (Paul Klee)
  50. Metamorphoses, Book I: III. Wheatfield With Crows (Vincent van Gogh)
  51. Metamorphoses, Book I: IV. The Fiddler (Marc Chagall)
  52. Metamorphoses, Book I: IX. The Persistence of Memory (Salvador Dali)
  53. Metamorphoses, Book I: V. Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Southampton Water (James McNeil Whistler)
  54. Metamorphoses, Book I: VI. Perilous Night (Jasper Johns)
  55. Metamorphoses, Book I: VII. Clowns at Night (Marc Chagall)
  56. Metamorphoses, Book I: VIII. Contes Barbares (Paul Gauguin)
  57. Metamorphoses, Book I: X. The Blue Rider (Vasily Kandinsky)
  58. Mirabella
  59. Mirabella (a Tarantella)
  60. Miracle Ear
  61. Modern Love Waltz
  62. Music for Marcel Duchamp
  63. Music for Piano #2
  64. Nightmare Rag
  65. Nothing Is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever)
  66. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: Bicycle Lee Hooker
  67. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: Chooks!
  68. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine
  69. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: On that Farm
  70. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: Pink Memories
  71. Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine: e-i-e-i-o
  72. One2 for 3 Pianos
  73. Ophelia
  74. Orbit no. 2, op. 102 no. 2
  75. Primitive
  76. Put My Little Shoes Away
  77. She Herself Alone
  78. Sonata in C-sharp minor "Moonlight"
  79. Star-Spangled Etude #3 ("Furling Banner")
  80. Suite for Toy Piano: 1
  81. Suite for Toy Piano: 2
  82. Suite for Toy Piano: 3
  83. Suite for Toy Piano: 4
  84. Suite for Toy Piano: 5
  85. Suite for Toy Piano: I
  86. Suite for Toy Piano: II
  87. Suite for Toy Piano: III
  88. Suite for Toy Piano: IV
  89. Suite for Toy Piano: Part I
  90. Suite for Toy Piano: Part II
  91. Suite for Toy Piano: Part III
  92. Suite for Toy Piano: Part IV
  93. Suite for Toy Piano: Part V
  94. Suite for Toy Piano: V
  95. Sweet Chinoiserie
  96. The Animist Child
  97. The Heavenly Spheres Are Illuminated by Lights
  98. The Perilous Night: 1
  99. The Perilous Night: 2
  100. The Perilous Night: 3
  101. The Perilous Night: 4
  102. The Perilous Night: 5
  103. The Perilous Night: 6
  104. The Seasons: Fall
  105. The Seasons: Finale (Prelude I)
  106. The Seasons: Prelude I
  107. The Seasons: Prelude II
  108. The Seasons: Prelude III
  109. The Seasons: Prelude IV
  110. The Seasons: Spring
  111. The Seasons: Summer
  112. The Seasons: Winter
  113. Three Landscapes for Peter Wyer
  114. Totem Ancestor
  115. Triple-Paced (first version): I.
  116. Triple-Paced (first version): II.
  117. Triple-Paced (first version): III.
  118. Triple-Paced (second version)
  119. Works of Calder: I. Prepared Piano
  120. Works of Calder: II. Film Soundtrack With Narration

Albums

Litania
LitaniaSomei Satoh; Margaret Leng Tan · 1988
Sonic Encounters
Sonic EncountersCage, Crumb, Ge Gan-ru, Hovhaness, Satoh; Margaret Leng Tan · 1988
The Perilous Night / Four Walls
The Perilous Night / Four WallsJohn Cage; Margaret Leng Tan, Joan La Barbara · 1991
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
Daughters of the Lonesome IsleJohn Cage; Margaret Leng Tan · 1994
The Art of the Toy Piano
The Art of the Toy PianoMargaret Leng Tan · 1997
The Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 25: The Works for Piano 4
The Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 25: The Works for Piano 4John Cage; Margaret Leng Tan · 2002
Metamorphoses (Book I) / Five Pieces for Piano
Metamorphoses (Book I) / Five Pieces for PianoGeorge Crumb; Margaret Leng Tan · 2018
She Herself Alone: The Art of the Toy Piano 2
She Herself Alone: The Art of the Toy Piano 2Cage, Crumb, Bolleter, Griswold, Kitzke, Liben, Twining, Margaret Leng Tan

Source: MusicBrainz artist 91344f98-1961-4b82-915f-adb193e44cc2 (CC0).