David Tao [陶喆]

David Tao was born in 11 July 1969 in Hong Kong, as Tao Xu Zhong (Traditional Chinese: 陶緒忠; Simplified Chinese: 陶绪忠; Hanyu Pinyin: Táo Xùzhōng), to parents who were considered famous entertainers in Taiwan. His father, Tao Da Wei (Traditional Chinese: 陶大偉; Simplified Chinese: 陶大伟; Hanyu Pinyin: Táo Dàwěi) (the latter two characters which can also be read as "David", hence essentially David Tao Senior), was an actor/singer/composer and his mother, Wang Fu Rong (Traditional Chinese: 王復蓉; Simplified Chinese: 王复蓉; Hanyu Pinyin: Táo Wáng Fùróng), a very well known Chinese opera singer. Tao spent part of his childhood in Hong Kong (something which he shared with his audience during his Soul Power concerts in Hong Kong). His parents supposedly eloped when his father could not get approval to marry his mother. David Tao had his education in Taiwan from kindergarten to the junior high school level at the Bethany Campus of Morrison Academy in Taipei. Later, his father decided to pursue his dream of working for Walt Disney, and they migrated to US where David Tao Sr. realised his dream and worked as an animator in Disney Burbank. His parents later returned to Taiwan where his father began his singing career, leaving David to complete his education in the United States. Left to fend for himself, David took on many jobs, including a stint as a policeman in the LAPD, without the knowledge of his parents. Eventually, he graduated with a Masters degree in Psychology from UCLA. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.