Manting Chan

Manting Chan (traditional Chinese: 陳文婷) (born on December 7, 1989) is a Hong Kong American singer and songwriter. Since her debut EP album Musical Journey was released in July 2011 by Sony Music Hong Kong, Manting has been called the "musical theater princess" by the Hong Kong media because of her sweet-heavenly voice and her love for musical theater.

Early Life

Manting was born in New York City, New York, and raised on Long Island, New York. Her father is Chinese-Indonesian and her mother, from Fuzhou, China. As a young child, Manting had her sights on what she wanted to become. It was either to be the first Asian-woman President of the United States or a singer. The song that changed her life was "A Whole New World" from Disney's movie Aladdin. She would sing the song and watch the movie everyday for the entire school year. Manting entered the Metropolitan Opera Children's Choir at the age of 10 and was chosen by then music director, Elena Doria, to be one of the children singing in Puccini's La Boheme and later Khovanshchina, a Russian opera. It was then, Manting realized that she belonged to the stage.

Career Beginnings

Manting herself also wrote the lyrics to the song Our Time is Now and Feelings on Fire, which was featured in Barbara Wong's movie the Break Up Club (Fiona Sit and Jaycee Chan).

Music Influences

Manting's main influence in her singing style is Musical Theater and Disney, however, she is also very fond of Classical, AsianPop, Celtic, Enka, and Fado. Which is why she is able to sing in multiple languages including Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, and English.

References

1. 陳文婷感激陳雋騫相助 http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20110415/00470_040.html
2. 陳文婷挾儲蓄硬闖樂壇 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/enews/realtime/20110526/50016523
3. 美聲陳文婷承諾演繹更多廣東歌 http://stars-hk.com/wsp-topic.php?tid=12787
4. 陳文婷做歌手最緊要見得光 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20110429/00282_070.html
5. 陳文婷自爆高中無身材 http://hk.news.yahoo.com/video/陳文婷自爆高中無身材-045100029.html
6. Manting Chan 陳文婷 - 單程機票 MV http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/8KGS7aBJvrE/
7. 《分手說愛你》插曲女聲 - 陳文婷．首張EP．即將登場 http://mojim.net/tw_search_u2_KsGCnpbpwvY.html
8. 陳文婷轉攻廣東歌求突破 http://stars-hk.com/wsp-topic.php?tid=16586
9. 陳文婷 - Musical Journey http://www.yvv.cn/ktv/mv/188920.html
10. 可能係今年最有實力既女新人 - 陳文婷 http://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=14445266
11. Habitat for Humanity China completed its Tai O Restoration Project

Bringing decent homes to nearly 100 families http://www.habitatchina.org/eng/mpress_detail?id=379

1. 白健恩與陳文婷籌備慈善音樂會希望有免費場地 http://www.stars-hk.com/wsp-topic.php?tid=90635
2. 陳文婷的藍眼線 http://www.ubeauty.com.hk/blog/rickykazaf/2012/07/10/陳文婷的藍眼線/

External Links

• Manting Chan's channel on YouTube Chanmanting
• Break Up Club at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Yesasia: Manting Chan's maiden EP album Musical Journey http://www.yesasia.com/global/1024660964-0-0-0-en/info.html