- Tania Chen
Tania Chen is a London, UK-based concert pianist specialising in experimental, improvised and contemporary music. She is known for performing the works of composers such as
Cornelius Cardew ( [http://matchlessrecordings.com/cardew-chamber-music Recording] ),Michael Parsons ,John Cage ,Earle Brown ( [http://matchlessrecordings.com/earl-brown-chamber-music recording] ),Morton Feldman andChris Newman . Composers of the younger generation she has worked with include John Lely, [http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/phase/ Li-Chuan Chong] and James Saunders.She has also collaborated with musicians including improviser and composer
Steve Beresford (with whom she recorded [http://www.rossbin.com/rs018.htm 'Ointment'] ), composerAndrew Poppy ( [http://www.hometag.net/customer/sites/juliabardsley/avala/prog.htm concert] ), pianistJohn Tilbury , bassistJohn Edwards , drummerMark Sanders and harpistRhodri Davies .She has performed in the USA, UK, Asia and Europe, at venues including [http://www.hometag.net/customer/sites/juliabardsley/avala/prog.htm GaleGates] (Brooklyn, NYC), The Hamburger Bahnhof Museum (Berlin), the
Purcell Room , where she gave a [http://www.concert-diary.com/home/concert_details.asp?id=17889&ref=13&back=true complete performance] of John Cage's "Music of Changes " Books I-IV, and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.Recent concerts include
Cornelius Cardew forBBC Radio 3 ( [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/hearandnow/pip/th354/ Concert program and listing] ) and a [http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/thelongweekend2007/9028.htm performance] ofSatie 'sVexations for the "Sleep" Installation at theTate Modern 27th & 28th May 2007, alongsideMichael Nyman ,Gavin Bryars andJoshua Rifkin .Chen originally trained as a Classical pianist, studying (amongst others) with
Stephen Coombs , Professor at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama , as well as taking masterclasses withArtur Pizarro . Her piano career took a turn towards contemporary music in the late 1990's, when she studied with noted pianistJohn Tilbury , and became noted for her performances of composers such asJohn Cage andMorton Feldman , amongst others. She was subsequently awarded an M(Mus) atGoldsmiths College, University of London , with distinction. During this time she also took part in a masterclass withMstislav Rostropovich ( [http://www.gold.ac.uk/hallmark/studenthm/rostro.html link] ).Partial discography
* [http://matchlessrecordings.com/cardew-chamber-music Cornelius Cardew - chamber music 1955-1964]
* [http://matchlessrecordings.com/earl-brown-chamber-music Earl Brown Chamber Music]
* [http://www.rossbin.com/rs018.htm 'Ointment'] , [http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/reviews/000853.html Review]
External links
* [http://www.taniapiano.com Personal website]
* [http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=944 Review of John Cage performance at Purcell Room, 2002]
* [http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=453 Review of performance at Planet Tree festival at Conway Hall, 2001]
* [http://www.myspace.com/taniachen Myspace]
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