TANIA CHEN
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Third Stream, Avant-Garde Jazz • United Kingdom

Tania Chen is an experimental musician and free improviser. She plays the piano, found objects, toys, keyboards and electronics. She is a leading interpreter of John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, and Morton Feldman. Tania creates video pieces and compositions that explore the role of performance and sound making. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in Art and History of Art from University College London and a Masters degree (MMus) in Performance Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her exploration of sound has taken her across the globe, performing and recording in Berlin, London and Tokyo, to San Francisco, LA, New York and beyond. Tania’s live and recording collaborations include John Cage’s “Music of Changes” for solo piano, John Cage’s “Indeterminacy” with Stewart Lee & Steve Beresford, and Cornelius Cardew & Michael Parsons’ Piano Music. She plays found objects and toys in the group Bad Jazz's "Bad Dreams in the Night" and read more...