Li Xiaoyun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li (李).
Li Xiaoyun
Michelle Li
Chinese name
李霄云
Pinyin Lǐ Xiāoyún (Mandarin)
Born (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Other name(s) Michelle Li
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Genre(s) Mandopop
Instrument(s) Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Violin, Electronic organ, the Drums
Voice type(s) Mezzo-soprano, Contralto
Label(s) EE-Media (2009-present)
Years active 2009–present
Official website

Official Blog

Video Club

Li Xiaoyun is a Chinese singer. She was the runner up in the 2009 Super Girl contest. Born in Gansu, she grew up in Lanzhou, Gansu. She currently studies at the University of Melbourne.

Early Age

Li Xiaoyun, Michelle Li, grew up in a working family in Lanzhou, Gansu Province in northwest China. At the age of 15, she moved to Melbourne, Australia with her mother, who runs a Melbourne hot-pot restaurant. Michelle attended Blackburn High School and studied at the University of Melbourne.

Michelle likes sports. She used to be the captain and a good center of the school basketball team when she was in Lanzhou No.7 Middle School in China.[1]

Music Talent

In her early age, Michelle has inherited the talent for music from her father, who liked to play music in the spare time. Michelle's own journey in the world of music started With an old guitar given by her father. She was also influenced by so many pop stars and musicians like Leehom Wang (Wang Lihong), Jeff Chang (Zhang Xinzhe), David Tao (Tao Zhe) and Jay Chow (Zhou Jielun).

Though never receiving any professional training, Michelle can play skillfully on guitar and piano. Her guitar skill even won professional appreciation.

Michelle likes to write her own song. Her first piece came out in primary school, but one of the most impressive one might be a song for her deceased father.[2]

When Michelle was about to apply for the University of Melbourne, she was told that her father had been diagnosed with cancer. She held on upon the news until she was admitted by the university, and chose to suspend the schooling for a year to look after her father in China.

The song “Strength given by my father” was finished beside her dying father with a guitar. The lyric is about a girl talking cozily with her beloved and long-separated father. She assured him that she would carry on in the future with the strength he had passed to her.[3]

Albums

Album Name Intro Track listing
Cover Girls
封面女生
1st Compilation
Cooperated by the Top 10 of Super Girl in 2009
  • Released:August 27, 2009
  • Label:EE-Media
ALL BLUE
你看到的我是蓝色的
1st Studio
This album had collected 10 songs,7 of them were written by herself

References

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