The Museum of Modern Art will remain open until 8:45 p.m. every Thursday in July and August, providing visitors with a relaxed atmosphere in which to view MoMA’s collection and special exhibitions, and enjoy live music and refreshments in the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. Live music will be presented in Sculpture Garden, weather permitting, in two series, MoMA Music: BRAZIL (July, held in conjunction with the film exhibition Premiere Brazil! 2009) and MoMA Music: CHINA (August, held in conjunction with the exhibition Projects 90: Song Dong). Performances will be in two sets, at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m., except on August 27, when there will be only one set at 7:00 p.m. In the event of rain, the Sculpture Garden will close and music will be presented in one set at 7:00 p.m. in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 or 2. PLEASE NOTE: Sculpture Garden and theater seating are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

A cash bar will be open in the Sculpture Garden, weather permitting. The Garden Cart will sell desserts, including gelato and sorbetto from NYC–based Il Laboratorio del Gelato. Terrace 5 will be open for light refreshments inside the Museum on the fifth floor. In the event of rain, cocktails and wine will be available for sale in the Agnes Gund Garden Lobby, and Cafe 2 will offer a full menu, including wine and beer.

The Steel Qin: New/Old Chinese Music for Piano
Margaret Leng Tan, piano and voice

Margaret Leng Tan has established herself as a major force in the American avant-garde. She is renowned as a preeminent interpreter of the music of John Cage and for performances of American and Asian music that transcend the piano's conventional boundaries. The New Yorker has called her “the diva of avant-garde pianism.” In Chinese nomenclature the piano is classified as a “steel qin” or steel zither. In this program, Tan performs startlingly original works on and inside the giant steel zither.They include Erik Griswold’s prepared piano arrangements of Sichuan folksongs, the New York premiere of Zhou Long’s PianoGongs, and two works created for her: Gu Yue (Ancient Music), by Ge Gan-ru, and the world premiere of Chant, by the Chinese-Canadian composer Vivian Fung.

PLEASE NOTE: Tonight one concert will be presented in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Regular Museum admission applies:
$20 adults; $16 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D.; $12 full-time students with current I.D. Free for children 16 and under. Free for members. (Includes admittance to Museum galleries and film programs.) Tickets are valid from 10:30 a.m., with re-entry until closing.