Wang Lee Hom

Alexander Lee-Hom Wang was born in Rochester, New York on May 17, 1976. He studied at Williams College and graduated with honors majoring in Music & Asian Studies. He furthered his studies at the Berklee College of Music with a Masters in Music studies (Jazz Piano& Composition).In 1995 he was signed to a professional recording contract while visiting his grandparents in Taiwan. Since then, Wang has become one of the new songwriters and musicians revolutionizing the Chinese-language music industry. He is active in all areas of music production, from composing to producing, to music arrangement, to lyric writing, to directing his own music videos.Although he did not begin learning Chinese until he was 18, Wang is now fluent in Chinese in both speaking and writing and has written many Chinese lyrics for his songs. Wang plays over 10 musical instruments. In his albums and live concerts, Wang can be heard playing piano, drums, guitar, bass, violin, vibraphone, erhu, xun, and more.An experienced musical background enables Wang to pull from a variety of musical styles and continuously reinvent his own sound, that is distinctly Chinese and international at the same time. His 2005 release, Shangri-La drew heavily from R&B, dance pop, and the musics of Chinese ethnic minorities of Tibet, Mongolia, and Yunan. In 2006, Heroes of Earth centered around R&B, hip hop, rap, and with a strong emphasis on Beijing opera and its predecessor Kunqu.