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The Mainichi
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Mainichi
Taiwan holds service for pop legend Teresa Teng 30 years after death
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- A remembrance service marking 30 years since the death of beloved Taiwanese pop legend Teresa Teng was held in Taiwan on Thursday, drawing fans from across Asia to pay their respects. Fans sang and held up cherished albums and favorite photos of Teng as her hit songs, including "The Moon Represents My Heart," echoed through the air at Chin Pao San cemetery in New Taipei, where the late singer's tomb is located. Teng, whose crystalline voice propelled her to fame as one of the most prominent recording stars in the Chinese-speaking world and Japan, died of a respiratory attack in Thailand on May 8, 1995, at age 42. Minoru Funaki, a key figure in Teng's entry into the Japanese pop music scene, also paid tribute at the event, noting that she covered popular Japanese songs in Chinese and helped make them hits in China. "People say music has no borders, and Teresa truly created a world that proved that. Her achievements will never fade," Funaki said. Born in Taiwan as the daughter of a career military officer, Teng's songs were once banned in mainland China, where authorities deemed them "decadent." Today, no such restrictions remain. According to Teng Chang-fu, the singer's older brother and head of the Teresa Teng Foundation, commemorative concerts have been held or are planned at over 10 locations, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand this year. Many fans in mainland China could not attend the memorial service in Taiwan, the brother said, citing current tensions in cross-strait relations. "I sincerely hope both sides of the strait will recognize the people's desire for closer ties and mutual visits," he said. Meanwhile, in Japan, an unreleased song by Teng has been discovered and will be released in June. The light pop song, likely recorded in the mid-1980s, was found on a tape stored in a warehouse in Tokyo several years ago. The song is titled "Love Song wa Yogiri ga Osuki," which translates as "Love songs like fog at night."
Straits Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Taiwan holds service for pop legend Teresa Teng 30 years after death
Taiwanese pop legend Teresa Teng died of a respiratory attack in Thailand on May 8, 1995, at age 42. PHOTO: ST FILE A remembrance service marking 30 years since the death of beloved Taiwanese pop legend Teresa Teng was held in Taiwan on May 8, drawing fans from across Asia to pay their respects. Fans sang and held up cherished albums and favorite photos of Teng as her hit songs, including The Moon Represents My Heart, echoed through the air at Chin Pao San cemetery in New Taipei, where the late singer's tomb is located. Teng, whose crystalline voice propelled her to fame as one of the most prominent recording stars in the Chinese-speaking world and Japan, died of a respiratory attack in Thailand on May 8, 1995, at age 42. Minoru Funaki, a key figure in Teng's entry into the Japanese pop music scene, also paid tribute at the event, noting that she covered popular Japanese songs in Chinese and helped make them hits in China. 'People say music has no borders, and Teresa truly created a world that proved that. Her achievements will never fade,' Funaki said. Born in Taiwan as the daughter of a career military officer, Teng's songs were once banned in mainland China, where authorities deemed them 'decadent'. Today, no such restrictions remain. According to Teng Chang-fu, the singer's older brother and head of the Teresa Teng Foundation, commemorative concerts have been held or are planned at over 10 locations, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand this year. Many fans in mainland China could not attend the memorial service in Taiwan, the brother said, citing current tensions in cross-strait relations. 'I sincerely hope both sides of the strait will recognize the people's desire for closer ties and mutual visits,' he said. Meanwhile, in Japan, an unreleased song by Teng has been discovered and will be released in June. The light pop song, likely recorded in the mid-1980s, was found on a tape stored in a warehouse in Tokyo several years ago. KYODO NEWS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yomiuri Shimbun
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Hologram Concerts Planned for Teresa Teng's 30th Death Anniversary Year; Late Singer's Brother Says He Also Wants to Release Full Catalogue of Her Songs
The Yomiuri Shimbun Teng Chang-fu, the chairman of the board of the Teresa Teng Foundation, looks at a photo of his younger sister, the late singer Teresa Teng. TAIPEI — Thursday will mark the 30 years since the untimely death of popular Taiwan singer Teresa Teng. Ahead of the anniversary, Teng Chang-fu, her older brother and the chairman of the board of the Teresa Teng Foundation, sat down with The Yomiuri Shimbun for an interview in Taipei on Monday. During the interview, Teng revealed plans to hold concerts using holographic technology to project a 3D image of Teresa. 'I feel honored that Teresa's fans still love her songs now,' Teng said, fondly remembering his sister, who made her professional debut at the age of 14 and went on to build a successful career in Taiwan, Japan and other countries where she was admired as 'the Asian Diva.' She died from bronchial asthma in 1995 while traveling in Thailand. She was 42. 'Her life in Japan was pretty tough,' Teng recalled. He says his sister studied Japanese for two hours from 5 a.m. every day and toured across Japan for publicity activities. She enchanted many fans in Japan with such hit songs as 'Tsugunai' (Atonement) and 'Toki no nagare ni mi o makase' (Trust your body to the flow of time). Her beautiful voice was loved in mainland China as well. At one point, the Chinese authorities put restrictions on her songs, saying they were 'unhealthy,' but the country's young people enjoyed listening to her songs on cassette tapes brought in from Hong Kong. In the late 1980s, there was a plan for the singer to hold a concert in Shanghai, but she criticized the Tiananmen incident in 1989, saying she would never go to mainland China unless the country became a democracy. So such a concert did not materialize during her lifetime. This year, her 30th death anniversary, many concerts commemorating the occasion will apparently take place in various places in China. 'I'd like to release an organized catalogue of all 1,476 of Teresa's songs, so that they can be passed down to future generations,' Teng said determinedly.
