Excentric Actress

Chenta is better known in Spain by his stage name "x."

He is a qualified violinist and architect,

He created "x" two years ago in an angry nod to the insults he received in the street.
'that's it', I'm going to start accepting my body, accepting my identity,"

Slight and softly-spoken,
he weighs up every word he says, inclusive language peppering his interview,

in sharp contrast with his eccentric performances and irreverent electropop songs.
 'You have yellow skin' 
Born in Taiwan in December 1990, Chenta emigrated to Spain with his parents

when he was just 11 months old.

He says his first experience of not feeling quite like others happened when he was around four or five, playing with a friend.

And so it has continued, including in the dating scene.
"Either they reject you simply for seeing your photo and seeing you're Asian,


As for pride celebrations, he feels there is too little focus on "women, the disabled" or those from different ethnic groups.
"I feel that in the current political environment, we have to group together rather than segregate," .


Aqua, Wieniawski 
"The lyrics connect with people,".
.
"As Asians, we're seen as being good at jobs that aren't tied to entertainment, like mathematics and science,".
The stereotypes are so ingrained his father believed them too.
"My father always had this absurd notion that if you were an Asian (migrant),

you could only do three things, open a restaurant, open a pound shop or play a classical music instrument,".
At the time, Chinese-US cellist Yo-Yo Ma was a reference.
So it was that Chenta ended up graduating as a violinist from Madrid's Royal Conservatory of Music.
The only problem? He hates violin.
For a key exam he chose to sing a piece by the Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua, but also played Polish violinist Henryk Wieniawski's signature piece "Legende".
"I passed with top marks."