Vienna Teng 史逸欣

Based on Wikipedia, She was born to Taiwan parents, studied piano since five, grew up in Saratoga, California, got a CS degree from Stanford, and worked in Cisco for two years as a software engineer. Then she quit and became a singer. It is probably true that she is not yet a superstar, but she has her own voice and a faithful fan-base. I think she has 4 CDs. I have two: Waking Hour and Dreaming Through the Noise.

Kid first introduced me Vienna Teng. I like solo singers, particularly those who write their own song. I listened to the samples and decided to keep them. A couple of years later, I acquired a second CD, before I learned about her heritage and background. Saratoga is within walking distance from my home. She is literally a girl next door that may have gone to the same Chinese school as my kids, who also learned piano, like pretty much every kids to immigrant parents here.

Her songs gradually moved up in my play-count chart. Her voice is good, distinct, probably a bit breathy. She has something, not her ethnic background, that draws me back. But I am probably to buy her CD because of her ethnic background, at least that’s why she is the first musician I blog about.