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Vienna Teng artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Teng did a complete turnaround when she opted out of a lucrative career as a software engineer in the Silicon Valley to pursue music. Classically trained on the piano, Teng evokes Chopin, while her voice brings to mind Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos.
()NPR's Liane Hansen chats with singer and songwriter Vienna Teng, who performs songs from her second CD, Warm Strangers. Since their first conversation in 2002 about her debut CD, Teng has toured the country, enjoying a bit of fame and recognition for her talent. She has no regrets about leaving her computer engineering job to pursue music.
()Host Liane Hansen talks to Vienna Teng, who last year made a drastic change in her life from computer engineer in Silicon Valley to professional singer/songwriter in San Francisco. Her debut release is called "Waking Hour" (Virt Records; ASIN: B00006RY7D). (11:40)
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The Dead Weather is a super-group of sorts with members from several well-loved bands, including The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills. The group's new CD isn't out until June, but we've got an early single on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the show: the raucous duo Japandroids, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, lo-fi pioneer Bill Callahan, and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey.
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As with many of the pianist and chamber-pop composer's songs, "I Don't Feel So Well" only becomes compelling as it goes along. Step by careful step, Vienna Teng builds the song outward, until what began in an 18th-century manor in old Europe becomes a gaudy bit of dance entertainment in a boisterous Buenos Aires bar.
()Bob Boilen speaks with All Things Considered music reviewers Meredith Ochs and Tom Moon about their most anticipated CDs for Summer 2006. Hear sneak previews of new music from Thom Yorke, Johnny Cash, M. Ward and more.
()The Dead Weather is a super-group of sorts with members from several well-loved bands, including The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills. The group's new CD isn't out until June, but we've got an early single on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the show: the raucous duo Japandroids, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, St. Vincent, lo-fi pioneer Bill Callahan, and an acoustic version of "Creep" from a new deluxe edition of Radiohead's Pablo Honey.
()As with many of the pianist and chamber-pop composer's songs, "I Don't Feel So Well" only becomes compelling as it goes along. Step by careful step, Vienna Teng builds the song outward, until what began in an 18th-century manor in old Europe becomes a gaudy bit of dance entertainment in a boisterous Buenos Aires bar.
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Kaki King and Vienna Teng first performed on Weekend Edition Sunday in 2004. Since then, their musical styles have evolved. Teng's forthcoming album intimately showcases her talent as a pianist and vocalist. King has moved past the acoustic instrumentals of her earlier discs with her latest album, coming in August.
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