TANIA CHEN是錄像聲音藝術家、實驗音樂家和即興音樂表演者。國際表演經驗非常豐富,擅長利用鋼琴、程式音樂和類比合成器、隨手取得的物件進行演奏,參與多位大師的錄音作品,像是:Stewart Lee、Steve Beresford、Henry Kaiser、William Winant、Wadada Leo Smith、Thurston Moore、David Toop及Bad Jazz樂團、Tender Buttons樂團,也即將錄製John Cage的 "Electronic Music for Piano"作品。
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 cassette “Tincture”. Tania plays toys on the album “Ointment” with Steve Beresford, and piano with Gino Robair & Tom Djll playing electronics in the group Tender Buttons. Forthcoming albums are: “Ocean of Storms” with Henry Kaiser, William Winant, Wadada Leo Smith & Tania Chen on piano, Andrew Poppy's solo piano music, John Cage's Electronic Music for Piano with Thurston Moore, David Toop & John Leidecker, and her experimental music album with Thurston Moore.