Tan Weiwei
| Sitar Tan Weiwei 譚維維 |
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Tan Weiwei at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tan Weiwei |
| Also known as | Sitar Tan |
| Born | October 8, 1982 |
| Origin | Fushun County, Sichuan, China |
| Genres | Mandopop |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | EE-Media |
| Website | t |
Tan Weiwei (simplified Chinese: 谭维维; traditional Chinese: 譚維維; pinyin: Tán Wéiwéi or Sitar Tan; born October 8, 1982 in Sichuan) is a Chinese singer.
She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of Super Girl (Chinese: 超级女声), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated I Am a Singer (season 3), where it was revealed that she is a vegan.
Tan Weiwei was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan province, on October 8, 1981. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese Mandopop singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of Tibetan ethnicity, who discovered the hidden talent of the young singer. Thanks to Lanka Dolma, she learned many traditional singing techniques which nowadays, Tan uses in her recordings. And at the same year, she was honored as Top Ten singers of Sichuan province.
In 2000, she won the first place in Young Singer Competition.
In 2001, she took part in International Music Festival in Tokyo.
In 2002, her personal vocal concert held in Chengdu, Sichuan.
In 2004, she released her first studio album "The heart of the highland". Under StarWin Records, that album featured many versions of ethnic traditional songs. She won World Music Award of France. Tan participated in a National Singing Competition and also made her first steps in the filming industry.
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