Yao Chien, A Big Name in Music Industry, Collects Art

Watch the interview to find out how he discovers his love for a lifetime.


Yao Chien is not only one of the best song writers of Mando-pop, his lyrics is so full of emotional appeals that makes him hailed as ‘the man who reads women’s hearts’. Of course, none of these would happen to Yao Chien were it not for his years of being nurtured by art and literature. To the world, Yao Chien may have embodied love through his lyrics; but to him, art and literature is his ‘significant other’. Just like every love story Yao Chien writes about, his love for art is passionate, sentimental and ever so touching.

Yao Chien

Born in Taiwan, Yao Chien is one of the most beloved lyric composers in the world of Mando-pop. He has previously worked with top singers like Faye Wong, Leslie Cheung and CoCo Lee. Now, Yao Chien is the General Manager of Music Nation Ursa Major Ltd. Besides his music career, Yao Chien also starts as a writer and art collector. He has co-curated solo exhibitions of Chinese-French artist Sanyu in Taipei, ‘Sanyu’s Hidden Blossoms: Through the Eyes of a Dandy’. Yao’s published works include ‘Sense It’, ‘My Dear Art’ and ‘As Song, As Life’, etc.

Art works in Yao's home

A sculpture by Antony Gormley erected in his garden



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