Teresa Carpio

Teresa Carpio (born 30 September 1956 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong English pop and Cantopop singer,actress, and singing teacher. She is the mother of singer T.V. Carpio.

Family background

Carpio's father is Filipino and her mother Chinese. Born into a musical family. (Her grandfather was a concert violinist and jazz guitarist, her father Fernando, a jazz drummer, and several uncles were also professional musicians.) Carpio began her career as a child star, winning Hong Kong's first Amateur Talent Quest in 1963 at the age of 6.

Career

For several years from 1975 onwards Carpio had her own TV variety show in Hong Kong, on which she performed both solo and with several of her siblings. She released many albums in Hong Kong from 1976 onwards; her early releases under EMI such as the EMI's "Sound Hit" series on vinyl record. Eventually six of her album under EMI went gold, in which she featured cover versions in English of western hits, including an album with George Lam. She made numerous television appearances in Hong Kong, in the late 1970s.