[New-Poetry] MARGARET LENG TAN PERFORMS CAGE–KAPROW-FLUXUS

Anny Ballardini anny.ballardini at gmail.com
Fri May 22 15:24:33 EDT 2009


*MARGARET LENG TAN PERFORMS CAGE–KAPROW-FLUXUS*
at
The Emily Harvey Foundation
Wed, May 27 at 8 pm
537 Broadway, 2nd Floor,
New York, NY 10012

ADMISSION FREE
Prince Street stop on the R train, Broadway Lafayette on the F,
Bleecker Street on the 6 line

First public performance of *Music* by Allan Kaprow.
A performance score by the father of Happenings, created in John
Cage’s class at the New School for Social Research in 1957.



The celebrated avant garde pianist and toy piano virtuoso, MARGARET LENG
TAN, performs CAGE-KAPROW-FLUXUS at the The Emily Harvey Foundation on Wed,
May 27 at 8 pm.
Recognized as the pre-eminent interpreter of John Cage's music, Ms. Tan will
present a sneak preview of her upcoming performance at the 53rd Venice
Biennale's opening celebrations in June. The program begins with her homage
to Nam June Paik, Toy Piano Drag, followed by three groundbreaking works by
Cage and pieces by Fluxus pioneers, Alison Knowles and Dick Higgins. Ms. Tan
also honors another Fluxus founding member, George Brecht (1926-2008),
performing several of his "event scores". In addition she will present the
first public performance of Allan Kaprow's Music, a performance score
created in John Cage's class at the New School for Social Research in 1957.




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