Vienna Teng
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cynthia Yih Shih (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shǐ Yìxīn) |
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October 3, 1978 Saratoga, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, pop, indie folk, chamber pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Virt, Rounder |
| Website | viennateng.com |
Cynthia Yih Shih (born October 3, 1978, Saratoga, California), better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is a Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit, Michigan. Teng has released five studio albums: Waking Hour (2002), Warm Strangers (2004), Dreaming Through the Noise (2006), Inland Territory (2009) and Aims (2013). She has also released one live album, The Moment Always Vanishing (2009), on which she is double-billed with her percussionist, Alex Wong.
Teng's musical style incorporates folk, pop, classical piano, and a cappella. She uses piano as her primary instrument and writes lyrics with emotion, narrative, and personal history.
A native of Saratoga, California, she began playing classical piano at age 5. She was salutatorian at Saratoga High School. In 1996, whilst pursuing a degree in computer science at Stanford University, Teng joined the Stanford Harmonics, a student-run a cappella group. She began recording her compositions at the studios in Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), intending to distribute her music on campus. Many of these recordings were eventually released in her début album Waking Hour. After graduating in 2000, Teng worked as a software engineer for Cisco Systems in San Jose, but she continued to write music and perform in her free time. In 2002, Teng signed with Virt Records and quit Cisco Systems to focus on her musical career.
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