Mark Chan (born 1958) is a Singaporean composer, recording artist, singer, instrumentalist, poet and painter. He is recognised as one of Singapore's premier composers, particularly for his unique blend of Eastern and Western styles of music. Mark is currently based in Shanghai, but also spends significant time in Singapore and Paris.

Mark completed his secondary education in Anglo-Chinese School, where he was a nationally-ranked swimmer.

Works

His work includes seven solo albums released under various labels("China Blue" - BMG, "Traveling Under The Light of the Full Moon", "Nature Boy" - Hori Pro, Japan), theatrical works, TV shows ("Common Threads", "Retro Trek" and live performances.)

In the past 10 years, Mark has created a varied and interesting body of workincluding the chamber opera "Opiume" (which was performed at the 2004 Singapore Arts Festival and the Hong Kong New Vision Festival), collaborations with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra such as "Email & Eternity" (2003) and contemporary dance ("Dreaming of Kuanyin, Meeting Madonna" - a 2007 Singapore Arts Festival collaboration with Arts Fission (http://www.artsfission.org).

In 2003, he received critical acclaim for scoring the Chinese silent film "Little Toys". He has since performed this at the Hong Kong and Singapore Arts Festivals, the Copenhagen Images of Asia Festival and the 2007 Shanghai International Arts Festival.

External links

• Official site