Quincy Tan
Quincy Tan Jin Hong 陈仁丰 | |
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Birth name | Quincy Tan Jin Hong |
Born | January 10, 1982 |
Origin | Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia |
Genres | Mandarin pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, artiste |
Instrument(s) | Piano, electone-organ, guitar |
Years active | 2006–present (singing) |
Labels | MMC (mainstream music) |
Website | 陈仁丰音乐桃 |
Quincy Tan Jin Hong (simplified Chinese: 陈仁丰; traditional Chinese:
Biography[edit]
Quincy Tan was born in Kuala Lumpur on January 10, 1982. His musical ability had been noticed as a young child. Since then, he taught himself to play the Electone organ, piano and guitar. He was named Champion in a Yamaha Electone Organ Competition in primary school and amazed the professional judges by his self-learning and learn-by-ear abilities.
Besides music, Tan was active in sports as a teenager. He played volleyball, and participated in track and field. He composed his first song at the age of sixteen.
Tan studied Electronics Engineering at Multimedia University. He graduated in 2006 with a First Class Honours Degree and is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society; his academic fees were covered by scholarships for excellent academic achievement.[1][4] His music talent was spotted in 2002 by his current record label, Mainstream Music, a fee for service artistic development label. He had professional vocal training and music composing before starting his professional musical career in 2006.
Music career[edit]
In 2001 while studying at Multimedia University, in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Tan was noticed by the record company during a Talent-Search audition. He was offered a contract, but opted instead to complete his engineering degree, ultimately rejecting the offer.
In 2005, Quincy Tan represented Malaysia competing against musicians from 14 Asia countries' in the 8th Asia New-Singer Singing competition, at Shanghai China where he won the Best Newcomer Award. This gave Tan greater recognition.[1]
In March 2006, Quincy Tan released his 1st debut EP, 《Quincy 陈仁丰 EP2006》. His compositions 谢谢你捧场 (Thanks for your support) and
Discography[edit]
- Quincy 陈仁丰 EP2006 (2006)
音 乐故事 (2007)- 丰の乐 (2008)
Awards[edit]
Year | Awards |
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2005 |
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c Si, Wenxiao (May 2, 2006). "
大 馬 新人 王 陳 仁 豐 轉戰 內地好 音樂 無 國界 (New Malaysian star Quincy Tan advancing into mainland China: Good music knows no borders)". People's Daily. Retrieved June 4, 2007. - ^ "
陳 仁 豐 簽名歌 迷現場 大 合唱 (Quincy Tan holds signing; fans break out in song)". Sin Chew Jit Poh. May 2, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2007. - ^ "陈仁丰:
天 路 彷徨 "桃 花 源 "". China Radio International. July 4, 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2007. - ^ "陈仁丰-
我 的 音 乐桃花 源 个人资料". Mainstream Music. Retrieved June 4, 2007.