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Infobox musical artist | name = China Forbes| image = ChinaForbes.jpg| caption = Forbes performs in a 2006 concert with Pink Martini .| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1970|4|29|birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts | death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation = singing|singer | years_active =| label = Heinz Records | associated_acts = Pink Martini | website = http://www.chinaforbes.com/| notable_instruments = China Forbes (born April 29, 1970) is an American singing|singer and songwriter , best known as the lead singer of Pink Martini .
Forbes was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts . http://www.pinkmartini.com/band/pm_band.html Meet the Band from the Pink Martini website Her father is American of France|French / Scotland|Scottish descent, and her mother is African American . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3672840/The-Pink-Martini-girl-gets-serious.html She attended Phillips Exeter Academy ('88)Citation needed|date=February 2008, then studied visual arts at Harvard University , where she met fellow student Thomas Lauderdale , a classically-trained pianist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1462223,00.html Speaking in tongues, an April 2005 article about Forbes and Pink Martini from the Guardian They became friends and met regularly to play music together.
After graduating from Harvard in 1992, where she won the Jonathan Levy Prize for acting, Forbes worked as an actress for several years, performing off-Broadway in New York . She then became a musician, forming a band and recording a solo album. She sang the title song ("Ordinary Girl") for the late 1990s television series Clueless (TV series)|Clueless and the version of " Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)|Que Sera Sera " used over the opening and closing credits of Jane Campion 's 2003 film In the Cut .
Lauderdale, who by then was living in Portland, Oregon , asked her to sing with Pink Martini , a band he had assembled to play at political fundraisers in Portland. After three years, she moved to Portland in 1998 to work full-time with the band.
Apart from her efforts with Pink Martini, Forbes has released two solo albums:
Love Handle (1995)
78 (2008, Heinz Records )
China is featured on Michael Feinstein 's album The Sinatra Project , singing a duet of “How Will It Last? ” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/arts/music/01fein.html? ex=1378008000& en=7cbf35868036b757& ei=5124& partner=permalink& exprod=permalink Feinstein Comes Full Swing to Capitol-Era Sinatra
It was announced at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles , CA, on New Year's Eve 2008, that China was expecting her first child.Toast of the Nation Pink Martini: An Eclectic Splash Of Strings http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=98913917 Her child, named Cameron, was born soon after.
On June 21, 2011 Pink Martini announced that China is taking an extended leave of absence from performing for at least one year to undergo surgery on her vocal cords. Guest vocalists were scheduled to fill in for China during her absence. Forbes is thanked in the liner notes to 1969 (Pink Martini album)|1969 , the band's collaboration with Japanese vocalist Saori Yuki .
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http://www.chinaforbes.com/ Official site
http://www.pinkmartini.com/band/pm_band.html Pink Martini – band members biographical information
Pink Martini Persondata | NAME = Forbes, China | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = April 29, 1970 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Cambridge, Massachusetts | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, China Category:American female singers Category:American stage actors Category:1970 births Category:Harvard University alumni Category:American musicians of French descent Category:American people of Scottish descent Category:American people of French descent Category:African-American actors Category:Living people Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts Category:Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Category:Musicians from Portland, Oregon Category:Wrasse Records artists
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