Evonne Hsu, also known as Hsu Hui-hsin () (born December 5, 1976 in
Longview,
Texas
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,
United States
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), is a
Taiwanese-American
Taiwanese Americans () are Americans who carry full or partial ancestry from Taiwan. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan.
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in the state of Califo ...
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Standard Chinese, Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Ta ...
singer. Hsu is managed by Music Nation Wingman Limited and signed by
Universal Music Taiwan
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since her debut in 2002.
Early life
Evonne Hsu was born in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County, Texas, Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County. Longview is located in East Tex ...
, United States. Hsu grew up with a love for singing and dancing but had chosen to major in psychology at the
University of Texas at Austin
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when a musical arranger friend convinced her to make a demo tape of her singing.
Career
Hsu released her debut album ''To Be Happy'' in January 2002. To date, she has released eight albums and has also published a book. On July 7, 2007 Hsu performed at the
Chinese leg of
Live Earth
Live Earth was an event developed to increase environmental awareness through entertainment.
Background
Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, ''Live Earth'' was built upon the beli ...
in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
.
Discography
Albums
Soundtracks
*''Love Train'' Original Soundtrack
*''
Snow.Wolf.Lake
''Snow.Wolf.Lake'' () is Hong Kong's first modern musical. Jacky Cheung, a cantopop artist, was the artistic director of the show and also played character Wolf in the musical. The running time of the musical is about three hours. It has two versio ...
'' Original Soundtrack
Awards
Films
* ''Legend of Chinese Titans'' (2012)
* ''The Harbor 2012'' (2012)
References
External links
*
Evonne Hsu@Music Nation Wingman*
Evonne Hsu@Universal Music Taiwan
1976 births
Living people
American musicians of Taiwanese descent
American women musicians of Chinese descent
Taiwanese Mandopop singers
People from Longview, Texas
Musicians from Texas
21st-century Taiwanese singers
21st-century Taiwanese women singers
21st-century American women
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