Mark Chan

Mark Chan (born 1958) is a Singaporean composer, recording artist, singer, instrumentalist, poet and painter. He studied fine arts at the Edinburgh College of Art. He is recognised as a renowned Singaporean composer.Chan trained for 9 years in classical Chinese flutes (dizi and xiao), for 7 years as a classical countertenor and for various years with other instruments including the cello, erhu, pipa, guanzi, piano and percussion. He also plays Japanese and Indonesian flutes. Chan is known for his style, which he describes as a "blend of Eastern and Western sounds, fusing a range of Chinese, Indonesian, Malay and Indian elements with a modern international sensibility." On Singapore television, he was the host of Common Threads and Retro Trek.