Musician turned jewellery designer Anna Hu creates pitch-perfect pieces

Anna Hu made history last year when she became the first Asian jeweller to be featured in a solo exhibition at the Louvre's Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Yet the 36-year-old has set her sights on even more ambitious goals.

"I feel I did pretty good for the first five years [of my career], but there's still much more to achieve," Hu says on a recent visit to Hong Kong. "I want 10 more proud moments in my career. I want to compose 10 exhibitions, each one presenting 100 new pieces."

A glance at her short yet fruitful career indicates that she is well on her way to achieving those targets. Since she launched her eponymous brand in 2007, Hu has made a name for herself with innovative jewellery that combines Eastern and Western influences.

The international director of jewellery at Christie's London, David Warren, has described her as one of the top 10 contemporary jewellery designers in the world (one of her designs will also go on sale at the auction house).

She has been featured in publications such as and , and counts Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman and Madonna among her loyal customers. She even designed many of the pieces featured in , Madonna's film on Wallis Simpson.

Having opened boutiques in New York and Shanghai, Hong Kong is her next target. On Monday, she will host her first trunk show featuring the Masterpieces collection, which references Impressionism and art nouveau.