Han Hong ( Tibetan name Yangchen Drolma or Yangjain Zhoima དབྱངས་ཅན་སྒྲོལ་མ་, ; born 26 September 1971 in Chamdo), is a Chinese singer, songwriter and philanthropist of mixed Tibetan and Han ethnicity. Like her mother, a Tibetan singer, Han Hong is able to shift quite easily from piercing high pitches to soft low tones. Han Hong is one of the most popular Chinese female musicians who specializes in a variety of Chinese folk music. Most of Han's work reflects the Tibetan culture, but Han also uses elements of Jazz, R-n-B, Rock-n-Roll and Latin music in her music work.

Early life

Han was born in a family of performers in 1971, and sang in the choir starting at the age of five. Her father, a Han Chinese rusticated youth who came to Tibet during the Cultural Revolution, died in 1977. She joined the children's choir in 1980 and received formal training. In 1987, she joined the PLA second artillery corps command. She began composing songs starting in 1993 which became much more prominent on the later years, including media considering herself invited as a headline singer in the Beijing music scene. In 1995, she was admitted to the music department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art and studied under Li Shuangjiang.

Career

She came to prominence after 2002. She performed in a Chinese television gala broadcast after the Olympic closing ceremony on August 24, 2008. She also performed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony on September 5, 2008. In Oct 2015, she became the CEO of Hualu Entertainment company, which includes businesses of creating Television episodes, creating original shows, and managing performances. On December 20, 2014, Han was also invited to Hunan TV's singing competition I Am a Singer in which she won, making her the first female winner to win the series. Han later returned for two more seasons in the fourth and fifth seasons, both as guest performer in the Biennial concert airing after the live finals. Two months after her finals, she withdrew from her troops much to her dismay. On April 25, 2016, Han and Zhao Wei were officially revealed among the cast of her second directorial work, "No Other Love". Two weeks later on May 7, On May 7, 2016, Han and Wang Han, the latter previously served as the host in I Am a Singer, presented another Hunan TV singing show Come Sing with Me which also produce success in the show's ratings. On January 27, 2017, Han also received acclaimed on her performance "千年之约" in the annual Chinese New Year special CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Style

Her music mainly deals with Tibetan themes but she is also influenced by Jazz, R-n-B, Rock-n-Roll and Latin music, which are all reflected in her work. She is able to shift quite easily from piercing high pitches to soft low tone. Her singing has distinctive Tibetan characteristics. She's able to shift freely from piercing high pitches to soft low tones.

Significant Music Works

Han's signature works are Tibetan Plateau (青藏高原) and Heaven's Road (天路). Tibetan Plateau is very famous and went international. Vitas, the famous Russian singer, sang this song in duet (video is below) at the BTV [television] Spring Global Gala 2010. Heaven's Road is a folk song released on April 20, 2005, in her Album "Moved" to celebrate the opening of a railway to Tibet in 2006. Written in 2001, the song is very popular in China.

Discography

Social and Charity Activities

Social Status

She was made as member of the 11th CPPCC national committee and one of the spokesperson for the education fund for children's health in China, ambassador of the China foundation for poverty alleviation. She was also the thirteenth recipient of "China youth may fourth medal".

Personal life

She has no children of her own, but in 1999, she adopted a 2 1/2-year-old boy named "Han Houhou", who had lost his parents on October 3, 1999, in an accident due to the Maling River Gorge cable car disaster. She commemorates this in her song "Daybreak".

Awards and achievements

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