Título: Wang Leehom
Seção: Childhood and early beginnings
Background: Wang Leehom (born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director. Formally trained at the Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his musical style is known for fusing Chinese elements (such as Beijing opera, traditional styles of ethnic minorities, Chinese classical orchestra) with hip-hop and R&B. Wang debuted in 1995 and since then has released over 25 albums, with sales of over 50 million copies. He is also a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards, the "Grammys" of Chinese music.

Conteúdo: Born in Rochester, New York, Wang is the second of three sons of immigrants from Taiwan of waishengren heritage. His father, a pediatrician, and his mother, moved to the United States to further their college studies in the early 1960s. 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. 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. When Wang turned six, his mother enrolled him in violin classes, performing along with his brother. As he became a teenager, he began taking piano lessons, also teaching himself the guitar. He also worked several jobs to earn money to buy a second hand drum kit.  He attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, and Pittsford Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York. He graduated from Pittsford Sutherland. Passionate for a career in music, he chose to attend Williams College double majoring in music and Asian studies. He joined an all-male a cappella group, The Springstreeters, and the group recorded several demo tracks.  In the summer of 1995, while Wang was visiting his grandparents in Taiwan, he was offered a professional recording contract by Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) after he participated in a talent competition hosted by the label. Not wanting to lose the opportunity, he immedi

user: Where was Wang born?

assistant: Born in Rochester, New York,

user: Did he have good parents?

assistant: His father, a pediatrician, and his mother, moved to the United States to further their college studies in the early 1960s.

user: Did he have any siblings?

assistant: the second of three sons

user: How did he learn to sing?

assistant: He joined an all-male a cappella group,

user: Did he go to school?

assistant: He attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, and Pittsford Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York.

user: Did he sing in school?

assistant: Passionate for a career in music, he chose to attend Williams College double majoring in music and Asian studies.

user: Did he sing/write any albums during this time?

assistant: Wang released his second album If You Heard My Song in 1996, which included some of his own compositions.

user: Did he belong to a recording label?

assistant: He signed with Decca Records the following year, a label then famous for producing "powerful singers" (