P ak ist ani - American ▁culture ▁in ▁California ▁Category : S ri ▁L ank an - American ▁culture ▁Category : Week ly ▁newsp apers ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁Pi otr ▁( or ▁P j otr ) ▁Zak ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁fict ional ▁Polish ▁composer ▁whose ▁alleg ed ▁composition ▁Mobile ▁for ▁T ape ▁and ▁Per cussion ▁was ▁broadcast ▁twice ▁on ▁the ▁BBC ▁Third ▁Program me ▁on ▁ 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁in ▁a ▁performance ▁supposed ly ▁played ▁by ▁" Cla ude ▁T ess ier " ▁and ▁" Ant on ▁Schmidt ". ▁ ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁composer ▁and ▁the ▁perform ers ▁were ▁pseud onym s ▁of ▁BBC ▁produ cers ▁Hans ▁K eller ▁and ▁Susan ▁Brad sh aw , ▁who ▁con co cted ▁the ▁deliber ately ▁un mus ical ▁per cuss ive ▁piece ▁as ▁a ▁ho ax . ▁ ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁ho ax , ▁however , ▁is ▁open ▁to ▁question . ▁ ▁While ▁Mobile ▁for ▁T ape ▁and ▁Per cussion ▁was ▁review ed ▁seriously ▁by ▁several ▁critics , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁reviews ▁were ▁round ly ▁negative , ▁with ▁the ▁piece ▁being ▁almost ▁instantly ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁" non - mus ical " ▁studio ▁pr ank . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Broadcast ▁and ▁critical ▁reaction ▁ ▁The ▁broadcast ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁preced ed ▁by ▁alleg ed ▁bi ographical ▁information ▁about ▁Zak ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁programme ▁note ▁supposed ly ▁written ▁by ▁Schmidt . ▁The ▁text ▁read ▁by ▁the ▁announ cer ▁( Al var ▁L