Tran Thai Hoa

Trần Thái Hòa (1973-    ) is a famous overseas Vietnamese singer.

He was born on January 28, 1973 in Ban Mê Thuột of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as the third eldest in a family of four children.  Both of his parents are originally from Huế.  Due to harsh economic conditions, his family was split apart in 1983 when his father and eldest brother relocated to Ho Chi Minh City to find work.  The following year both his father and eldest brother left Vietnam and resettled in the United States leaving the rest of the family behind in Ban Mê Thuột.  Finally at the end of 1993, the entire family were reunited upon the arrival of Tran Thai Hoa, his mother and two siblings to Southern California from Vietnam.

After resettling in the United States, Tran Thai Hoa attended Santa Ana College for a couple of years and then transferred to San Diego State University as a computer science major.  He worked odd jobs to help supplement his family's income and pay for his books.  In 1997, he switched majors to music and graduated with a bachelor's of arts degree two years later.

While he was still in college, Tran Thai Hoa started singing at various Vietnamese coffee houses to earn some extra money.  Audiences were quickly enchanted with his smooth style of singing.  In 1999, he was asked by mutual acquaintances of legendary singer Lệ Thu to be a contributing guest performer at her show held at the Majestic Nightclub in Huntington Beach, California entitled as Ðêm Lệ Thu.  His live performance of the song, Ðâu Phải Bởi Mùa Thu written by Phu Quang, that night would mark his very first appearance in front of a major audience.  Two years later, while performing at a concert held in honor of songwriter Từ Công Phụng at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California Tran Thai Hoa caught the attention of Marie Tô Ngọc Thủy, the CEO of Thuy Nga.  He was subsequently offered with a recording contract with the label.

Tran Thai Hoa made his first appearance on the Paris By Night stage in 2001 on volume 60 in a duet performance with singer Trúc Quỳnh of the song written by Đức Huy, Xin Một Ngày Mai Có Nhau.  For the next 15 years, he would go on to appear in more than 50 volumes of the Paris By Night video series.  Tran Thai Hoa has recorded a total of 8 solo studio albums released under the Thuy Nga label including Cô Láng Giềng (2002), Cõi Vắng (2004), Đêm Đông (2004), Tình Khúc Lê Uyên Phương (2006), Bao Giờ Biết Tương Tư (2007) and Tình Khúc Tiền Chiến (2009).  In 2006, he recorded a duet album for Thuy Nga with singer Ngoc Ha entitled as Khắc Khoải, Buồn Tàn Thu.  Tran Thai Hoa has also recorded duets with many other artists including Loan Chau, Nhu Quynh, Nhu Loan, Thanh Ha, Khanh Ly, Khanh Ha, Thuy Tien, Lam Anh, Minh Tuyet and Ngoc Anh.  Among his most memorable solo performances on Paris By Night include songs such as Đường Em Đi written by Pham Duy, Hạ Trắng written by Trinh Cong Son, Tình Khúc Buồn written by Ngo Thuy Mien and Dưới Giàn Hoa Cũ written by Tuan Khanh.