Yang Leiheng is a Chinese percussionist, inheritor of Jiangzhou drum music, and Vice President of the Shanghai Percussion Association. Born into a musical family in Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province, he joined the Shanxi Jiangzhou Drum Music Art Troupe at the age of 13.

A highly skilled artist, Yang has frequently performed on CCTV and the Ministry of Culture's Spring Festival Galas, winning numerous awards in national percussion competitions. His works span diverse styles, with representative pieces such as Grand Drum Music, Rhythm of Qin Dance, Spicy Frenzy, Drumming and Flying Apsaras, Notes on the Tip of a Brush, and Three Monks, many of which have won Shanghai New Talent and New Works Gold Awards. He has collaborated with renowned artists including Luo Xiaoci, Yu Bing, Fang Jinlong, and Liu Wenwen on crossover works like Farewell My Concubine and Ambush from Ten Sides, receiving widespread acclaim. In 1997, he won the Best Technique Award at the Guangzhou New Year Drum Competition for Bull Fights Tiger.

Yang has created innovative drum theatre works such as Drumming the Chinese Dream, Poetic Drama: Qu Yuan, and Stage Play: Drumming the Sea, demonstrating strong creative vision. He has performed in the United States, Denmark, Morocco, South Korea, Singapore, Norway, and across the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions, promoting the global dissemination of Chinese drum music and facilitating cultural exchange between China and other countries.

Li Zhengui, Chairman of the Chinese Percussion Association, praised him as an "outstanding folk percussionist," while Chen Shaolun, President of the Shanghai Percussion Association, hailed him as a "world-class drum performer." He has also been awarded the title of "Cultural Role Model in Heritage Innovation" by the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Foundation.