Christopher Cheong Kit Kei (

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閻王 Yan Wang born 18 November 1992 in Penang), better known by the stage name Chris Cheong is an international

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and

illusionist Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It ...

. He was previously credited to be one of Malaysia's youngest professional mentalist and magician later public voted as one of Malaysia's top ten magicians. Cheong has made multiple appearances internationally, performing in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. His first public appearance in the television scene at Radio Televisyen Malaysia as guest and later signed as their TV host on the series Kids on 2 and Lava Kids.

Early life

Raised in

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, the capital of Malaysia, Cheong first became interested in magic at the age of 8 when he was attracted by his birthday present, magic set from

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. From then, he began working on his magic skills, and at the age of 13, he started performing in events.

Career

Performing

At age 15, Cheong made his first public appearance in Radio Televisyen Malaysia. A year later, he is signed as their magic segment TV host for TV series Kids on 2 and Lava Kids. Cheong also appeared on other local media channel such as ''Bella'', a Ntv7 programme and being interviewed by

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, ''Miss Universe Malaysia 2011''. In December 2012, Cheong made his first international artist collaboration with Sungha Jung, a

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n acoustic finger-style guitarist who has risen to fame on YouTube. In January 2014, in conjunction of

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, the annual social & cultural festival of

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held during the month of January in the spring semester, Cheong was invited as one of the international guest artist to perform. Chris Cheong 4

In September 2015, Chris was invited as a guest performer representing

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for

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, the annual Techno-Management festival of

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. In February 2016, Chris was invited to be the opening act of Quark, BITS Pilani Goa, one of the biggest festivals of its kind in

. In March 2017, Chris Cheong performed at Pragyan, The largest student run (ISO Certified) Techno-Management fest of NIT Trichy. In May 2017, Chris Cheong performed on board MV Glory Sea (Previously known as MV Celestyal Odyssey. In 2017, Chris Cheong produces 8 live shows everyday in NagaWorld by NagaCorp Ltd.

Endorsement

In year 2012, Cheong became the brand ambassador of Fullhouse Lifestyle Store and Cafe.

Production

In Year 2013, Cheong launches a collaboration production with local sponsors for an online street magic series, title Mind & Magic.

Other work

Apart from his performing career, Cheong owns a side business which uses the art of magic and education as single package, better known as Magic-A-Learning Course. Later renamed to The Academy of Magic Malaysia.

References

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