Gene Hsu is a qualified interpreter-translator and an ethnomusicologist. Her research focuses on music and language/translation, musical and song translations, between English, Chinese, Japanese. Gene intends to use her expertise in intercultural studies to shed light on the significance of traditional Chinese characters in moral integrity.
Gene has presented her papers at professional and academic conferences globally. Besides her original songs, Gene writes and translates singable English lyrics from ancient Chinese poems, Mandarin and Cantonese songs.