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Tania Chen
Born
England
Genres
Free improvisation, sound art
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1990s – present
Website
http://www.taniachen.com
Musical artist
Tania Caroline Chen is a composer, improviser, and sound artist utilizing piano and found sounds. After moving to the United States, Tania toured and performed across the country. She initially settled in Northern California and is now based in New York. She is known for performing the works of composers such as Cornelius Cardew (Recording), John Cage, Earle Brown (recording), Morton Feldman, Chris Newman, and David Toop David Toop (recording).
She has also collaborated with musicians including improviser and composer Steve Beresford (with whom she recorded 'Ointment'), composer Andrew Poppy (concert), pianist John Tilbury, bassist John Edwards, drummer Mark Sanders and harpist Rhodri Davies. She has also collaborated with the film-maker Jayne Parker.
She has performed throughout the US, UK, Asia and Europe, at venues including Tate Modern, GaleGates (Brooklyn, NYC), The Hamburger Bahnhof Museum (Berlin), the Purcell Room, where she gave a complete performance of John Cage's Music of Changes Books I-IV, and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
Recent concerts include Cornelius Cardew for BBC Radio 3 (Concert program and listing) and a performance of Satie's Vexations for the "Sleep" Installation at the Tate Modern 27 & 28 May 2007, alongside Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars and Joshua Rifkin.
Originally trained as a classical pianist, she studied (amongst others) with Stephen Coombs, Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, as well as taking masterclasses with Artur Pizarro. Her piano career took a turn towards contemporary music in the late 1990s, when she studied with noted pianist John Tilbury, and became noted for her performances of composers such as John Cage and Morton Feldman, amongst others. She was subsequently awarded an M(Mus) at Goldsmiths College, University of London, with distinction. During this time she also took part in a masterclass with Mstislav Rostropovich(link).
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Branigan, Tania (May 29, 2012). "Tiananmen Crackdown was a Tragedy, says Former Beijing Mayor". The Guardian. Buckley, Chris (June 6, 2013). "Chen Xitong...
Adams as Sidney Williams, Britt Ekland as Alice Robbins, Irena Ferris as Tania Bricker, Robert Fuller as Ralph Kirby, Judy Norton-Taylor as Lydia Foster...
Shaw in 2013; Julia Wolfe in 2015; Du Yun in 2017; Ellen Reid in 2019; Tania León in 2021; and Rhiannon Giddens in 2023. In addition to being the first...
explosion". The Economist. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015. Branigan, Tania. "China blocks Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversary"...
Yokoshima Japan The Garfield Movie Mark Dindal United States The Sloth Lane Tania Vincent, Ricard Cusso Australia The Worlds Divide Denver Jackson Canada...
CBS News. May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023. Tan, Rebecca & Dutta, Tania (September 7, 2019). "A 74-Year-Old Woman Has Given Birth to Twins. Here's...
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Eduardo; Candelario, Victor M.; Araújo, Estêvão Magno Rodrigues; Miranda, Tânia Lúcia Santos; Magnacca, Giuliana (18 April 2020). "Photocatalytic Reduction...
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the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011. Branigan, Tania (19 December 2011). "Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader, dies". The Guardian...
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