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Alexander Lee-Hom Wang or Wong (Chinese language|Chinese: 王力宏, pinyin: W??ng L??h??ng, May 17,1976- ) is a critically acclaimed Taiwanese singer/songwriter who has had much success in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan and the rest of East Asia. Image:Sea_3.jpg|left Leehom (Alexander) Wang, was born in Rochester, New York. He studied music at Williams College and the Berklee College of Music. He was and still is one of the many new generations of songwriters and musicians that revolutionized the Chinese music industry. Hailing from Williams College, one of the most prestigious institutions in the USA, Leehom furthered education in at Berkeley with a Masters in Music studies (Jazz Piano& Composition). He is consistently active in all areas of musical production, from composing to producing, arranging to writing lyrics, and playing instrumental accompaniments. Leehom comes from a family of academicians; his father is a paedaetrician, his brother is a doctor now residing in Chicago, his younger brother is a student at MIT, and most of his relatives are doctors. Like much of his family, Leehom had decided to pursue a medical career. With a background of high school valedictorian and a perfect score on the SATs, he was accepted into Princeton and Yale. However, at the last minute Leehom realized his true passion was for music. Admist critism from his family, Leehom decided to attend Williams College to fulfill his desires to become a musician. It is a marvel that LeeHom was willing to take this risk, however his choice has proven wise. By combining western music and classical Chinese instruments, LeeHom has popularized Chinese music to the world. Already having ten Mandarin albums to his credit, despite the fact that he still has not produced an English version yet, LeeHom is one of the main songwriters/producers for Sony Music Taiwan. He owns production companies called Homeboy Studios in both Taiwan and Boston. On his latest album, Leehom focused on publicizing the unheard music of the minorities of China. He experimented with ethnic sounds and to do so, he traveled to the tribal lands of China, Tibet, and Mongolia; all while having to withstand 15 kg of equipment and bouts of altitude and food sickness. Not much about Leehom's personal life is known, and to his credit. Unlike many of his Eastern and Western counterparts, Leehom has kept his private life to himself, and his dignity intact - he is a musician first and foremost. Leehom is quoted saying, "Rumours don't bother me much now, although it's still annoying at times because it isn't true. I just don't want to come out and make the news bigger. I do music and I want to focus all my energy on this and have no desire to use tabloids to promote myself. I don't want to waste my energy holding press conferences to deny my relationship with certain people or to say that I am not gay because it's just not in my interest." It is this aspect of Leehom's demeanor that many fans respect. Education timeline 1976 - LeeHom was born in Rochester Image:Blacksuits.JPG|right 1979 - Started to sing 1981 - LeeHom learned the somersaults and the splits 1982 - He started to learn violin and went into primary school 1983 - Started playing baseball 1984 - Learned how to play the piano and followed his elder brother as a newspaper boy 1987 - The season of baseball, LeeHom joined a summer camp 1989 - Joins 'Mind Olympics' on behalf of the Jefferson Elementary 1989 ?? Joined Rochester Phil harmonica Youth Orchestra. He was the youngest violinist in the group. ?? Recommended to John's Hopkins University's 'Young Talent Search Program' ?? Awarded Model Student High Honors Awards. ?? Took part in school's musical "Once Upon A Mattress" 1990 ?? Played in musical "Bye Bye Birdie" as Albert Peterson, was only 13, the youngest cast member. ?? Awarded Model Student High Honors Award. 1991 ?? Started to compose and write songs, wrote his first song for the girl he liked. ?? Performed in "Music Man". ?? Was the pitcher for the school's baseball team. ?? Won 'Phenomenal Freshman Award'. ?? Won 'Most Musical Student Award'. ?? Won 'Character Development Award'. ?? Named ???Best Delegate??? in Model United Nations debate tournament 1992 ?? Performed in musical "Briyadoor". ?? Named ???Best Delegate??? in Model United Nations debate tournament 2nd year in a row. 1993 ?? His drawing, "Eagle", won him 2nd place in county competition while his 'Religion' thesis won him first in the competition. ?? Named MVP on baseball team. ?? Named ???Best Delegate??? in Model United Nations debate tournament 3rd year in a row. ?? Became part of National Honor Society 1994 ?? Performed in musical "Kiss Me Kate". ?? Named MVP on baseball team 2nd year in a row. ?? Earned National Merit Scholar Finalist Award - highest honor from k-12 ?? Received Monroe County Council Award for Leadership ?? Won first place in Monroe County Violin recital ?? Sutherland High School valedictorian. ?? Pittsford Music Inc. Scholarship Award ?? Named ???Best Delegate??? in Model United Nations debate tournament 4th year in a row. ?? Passed the Eastman Music School violin exam, and as a result qualified for Williams College. ?? Was accepted by Yale and Princeton but chose to go to Williams College. (#1 Liberal Arts School in the United States) ?? Changed major from pre-med to music composition. ?? Started to learn Chinese - took Mandarin 101 classes. 1995 ?? Performed in musical "Pippin" ?? Performed in "King Lear". 1996 ?? Performed in musical "Merrily We Roll Along". 1998 ?? Became music director for the Springstreeters, an all-male a cappella group at Williams College. ?? In April, Lee-Hom directed, composed songs and wrote the script for his very own musical "The Bite That Burns", his final year thesis project, it was over 570 pages long. ?? Graduated from Williams with Honors. 1999 ?? Enrolled in Berklee Music School for vocal and jazz lessons. 2001 ?? Graduated MA with Honors from Berklee Music School in Boston http://www.lee-hom.com/ Mandarin Image:Album-01.jpg
(情敵貝多芬: BMG, December, 1995) Image:Album-02.jpg
(如果你聽見我的歌: Decca Records, August, 1996) Image:Album-03.jpg
(好想你: Decca Records, December 17, 1996) Image:Album-04.jpg
(白紙: Decca Records, July 18, 1997) Image:Album-06.jpg Image:Album-revolutiontrust.jpg
(公轉自轉: Sony Music, August 26, 1998) Image:Album-07.jpg
(不可能錯過你: Sony Music, June 9, 1999) Image:Album-08.jpg
(永遠的第一天: Sony Music, June 8, 2000) Image:Album-10.jpg
(唯一: Sony Music, September 27, 2001) Image:Album-unbelievable.jpg
(不可思議: Sony Music, October 15, 2003) Image:Album-shangrila.jpg
(心中的日月: Sony Music, December 31, 2004) Japanese Image:Leehom030509.jpg|130px
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Compilations Image:Evolution.jpg|130px
(王力宏的音樂進化論: Sony Music, October 4, 2002) Image:Musiccentury.jpg|130px
(????????? ?????????: Sony Music, Feburary 21, 2001) Image:Cp_goodlh.jpg|130px
(?????????: DECCA Records, July, 1998) Image:Berlin1_r1_c1.jpg|180px
(Japanese, 2004/2005) Image:Kaichijp-img422x600-1048315704s3.jpg|140px
(???????????? : Japanese, April 19, 2003) Image:csf.jpg|140px
(???????????? : Mandarin, December, 2001) Image:Avengingfist.jpg|140px
(?????? : Mandarin/Cantonese, December, 2000) Image:ashes.jpg|140px
(???????????? : Mandarin/Cantonese,2000) Image:irongiant.jpg|140px
(????????? : Mandarin Voiceover, August, 1999
Category:Taiwanese musicians Category:Chinese Americans This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lee-Hom Wang".
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