The Japan News
Date: May 22, 2015
By Jin Kiyokawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Twenty years have passed since the death of Taiwan singer Teresa Teng, a
Courtesy of Teresa Teng Foundation
Teresa Teng performs at a concert.
superstar in Japan and other Asian countries and territories.
A charity tribute concert for Teng will take place in Tokyo on Saturday, during which the audience will be able to see a 3-D hologram of the singer. The image will be borrowed from Taiwan, where it was shown at a tribute concert on May 9.
The Tokyo concert is called the Teresa Teng Memorial Concert — Botsu Nijunen Tsuito Charity Ongakukai. It will feature such illustrious singers as Hiroshi Itsuki, Akari Uchida, en-Ray, Natsuko Godai, Toshimi Tagawa, Yoko Nagayama and Rimi Natsukawa, who will sing Teng’s hit songs.
Lyricist Toyohisa Araki will speak about his memories of Teng at the concert, which will be emceed by Kazuo Tokumitsu. [FULL STORY]
