Ding Taisheng

Biography

Ding Taisheng is a Chinese music critic, singer, songwriter, actor, director and screenwriter, born on January 31, 1977 in Tangshan, Hebei province. He graduated from Tangshan Agricultural School, now known as Tangshan Vocational College. He moved to Beijing in 1997 and joined CZ Music, founded by lyricist Chen Zhe, working as an album planner and folk singer. In 1999, he released his original songs "Yuan Shan" (远山) and "Liang Qian Wu Bai Nian" (两千五百年) on the album "First Intuition" (第一直觉). In 2001, he joined Modern Sky as public relations director, participating in the planning and promotion of dozens of music albums. He co-founded the Modern Sky Music Festival and Strawberry Music Festival between 2007 and 2009. He left Modern Sky in June 2015 to work as a freelancer. He gained widespread recognition as a judge on Hunan TV's "Super Girl 2009" and continued participating as a judge and critic on many music programs including "The Treasured Voice" and "The Big Band." In December 2017, he released his single "I Come from the Sea, My Body Covered in Salt" (我从海边来，身体上长满了盐). On August 3, 2023, all his social media accounts were banned for unknown reasons.