1971年,年轻的新加坡女孩Margaret Leng Tan(玛格丽特)成为历史上第一位获得世界顶尖音乐学府茱莉亚音乐学院钢琴演奏博士学位的女性。 从那时起,玛格丽特用五十年的表演生涯完成了从古典钢琴演奏家到世界首位玩具钢琴家的身份转变。如今,玛格丽特的先锋钢琴艺术早已经享誉世界,多次在林肯中心,卡内基音乐厅等世界音乐殿堂演出个人演奏会。她被纽约时报,华盛顿邮报,BBC等媒体誉为玩具钢琴鼻祖,先锋钢琴女王...然而,当故事从音乐、舞台、灯光回溯到人性美好的共知时,玛格丽特又是怎样的向艺术交付了自己的孤独?她一生都在守护的童心,然后童心就变成了故事...
In 1971, Margaret Leng Tan was the first woman to earn a Doctorate degree from the Juilliard School. Since then, her five-decade career has made the musician a figurehead of avant-garde music, owing predominantly to her incorporation of the toy piano in her performances. We meet Leng Tan at the age of 71 as she embarks on an iconic collaboration with George Crumb, one of the last remaining avant-garde composers of his era. "Twinkle Dammit!" gives access to the rarely-seen creative process between two musical geniuses, peeling back the public-facing surface of the world's greatest toy-piano-virtuoso to explore the private obsessions that have lead to a life committed to the avant-garde.