Junda Chen Explained

Junda Chen
Birth Name:	HAGEN JUNDA CHEN
Birth Place:	Singapore
Birth Date:	30 August
Genre:	Mandarin pop
Occupations:	Singer-Songwriter, producer, Creative Director
Years Active:	2005–present
Website:	www.JUNDAOFFICIAL.COM

Junda Chen, also known as Hagen Troy, is a Singaporean musician and composer.^[1] He has written songs for famous singers in the Asia music industry such as Ocean Ou, Harlem Yu, Wilbur Pan, Jocie Guo, Rachel Liang and Jolin Tsai.

His album Answer was recommended by Straits Time's Life.^[2] It was also the soundtrack of drama "Bountiful Blessings",^[3] starring popular Hong Kong actress, Jessica Hsuan during the year.

HagenTroy was mentioned by MyPaper^[4] as an "artist to note" in May 2013.

Work

In 2011, Troy made a ^[5] crossover into the mainstream Chinese Pop market, a releasing his debut Album “Answer”.

He was a Health Promotion Board's Breathe Ambassador^[6] in April 2011. He also composed and sang their theme song, "The Choice is mine".

Notes and References

1. Kit, Chua (Jan 2014). "Music And Lyrics". Nylon Magazine, p. 26-29
2. Chan, Boon (24 June 2011). "Review Asian Pop". The Straits Times, p. D7
3. Web site: Bountiful Blessings [万福楼] Archives]. Drama Haven. 27 September 2011 .
4. Web site: Singapore artists to note. www.asiaone.com.
5. Web site: Hagen Troy - Finding his Passion. 9 March 2012.
6. http://breathe.sg/choices/knowing-loving-and-respecting-yourself-the-choice-is-yours/ Knowing, Loving and Respecting Yourself: The Choice Is Yours