Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan was born in Singapore in 1945 and won a scholarship to Juilliard at sixteen, where in 1971 she became the first woman to earn a doctorate in musical arts. After meeting John Cage in 1981 she became one of the leading interpreters of his keyboard music. She made her toy piano debut at Lincoln Center in 1993 with Cage's Suite for Toy Piano, and also plays toy drums and other unconventional instruments. Her Mode albums include The Art of the Toy Piano (1997) and She Herself Alone (2010). She lives in Brooklyn.
Margaret Leng Tan was born in Singapore in 1945 and won a scholarship to Juilliard at sixteen, where in 1971 she became the first woman to earn a doctorate in musical arts. After meeting John Cage in 1981 she became one of the leading interpreters of his keyboard music. She made her toy piano debut at Lincoln Center in 1993 with Cage's Suite for Toy Piano, and also plays toy drums and other unconventional instruments. Her Mode albums include The Art of the Toy Piano (1997) and She Herself Alone (2010). She lives in Brooklyn.
