![]() When Wang turned six, his mother enrolled him in violin classes, performing along with his brother. He begged his mother to put him in violin lessons with his brother but his mother was against it, reasoning that he was too young. Influenced by his older brother, Leo Wang, who had been taking violin lessons since he was seven, Wang began to develop a curious interest towards the violin and its musical counterparts when he was three. His father, a pediatrician, and his mother, moved to the United States to further their college studies in the early 1960s. Life and music career Childhood and early beginningsīorn in Rochester, New York, Wang is the second of three sons of immigrants from Taiwan. 6 Participation in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.1.5 Professional breakthrough (2007–present).Wang holds honorary doctoral degrees from both Williams College and Berklee College of Music. He is a longtime ambassador for World Vision Taiwan and Malaysia. He was again a torchbearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making him the only person in the Mandarin pop circle to have taken part in the event twice. Wang was one of the first torchbearers for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, and performed in the Olympics' closing ceremony in Beijing. He is an environmental activist, and his album Change Me was dedicated to raising eco-awareness among Chinese youth. Asia Society presented the 2019 Game Changer Award to Wang Leehom at the U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit. He won Best Actor at the 2018 Macau Film Festival. In addition to his music, Wang has also acted in over twenty films, including Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, Jackie Chan's Little Big Soldier and Michael Mann's Blackhat. In 2018, CNN dubbed him "King of Chinese Pop" and the LA Times called him "the biggest American star America has never heard of." Wang was listed as one of Goldsea's "The 100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time". With over 72 million followers on social media, Wang is one of the most followed celebrities in China (peaked as #1 most followed person in China's social media in 2014). His sold-out concert at the 90,000 seat Beijing Bird's Nest on Apwas the first solo pop concert to be held at the iconic venue. He is a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of the Golden Melody Awards, the " Grammys" of Chinese music. Since his 1995 debut, Wang has released 25 albums, that have sold over 60 million copies. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his music is known for fusing hip-hop and R&B, with traditional Chinese music ( Beijing opera, Kunqu, Chinese orchestra, and tribal music from Tibet, Yunan, and Mongolia). Wang Leehom ( Chinese: 王力宏 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Le̍k-hông born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. ![]()
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