Mark Chan was born on 1958 and is a Singaporean composer, recording artist, singer, instrumentalist, poet, and painter.
10 Facts About Mark Chan
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Mark Chan studied fine arts at the Edinburgh College of Art and is recognised as a renowned Singaporean composer.
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Mark Chan completed his primary and secondary education in Anglo-Chinese School, where he was a nationally ranked swimmer.
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Mark Chan has seven solo albums to his name under Warner, Polygram, BMG and Japan's Hori Productions.
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Mark Chan represented Singapore in the Voice of Asia 1990 in Kazakhstan.
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Mark Chan was Resident Composer of TheatreWorks for 10 years.
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Mark Chan composed, directed and recorded music for over 30 plays in Singapore, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong.
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In 1999, Mark Chan wrote the music and lyrics for Haunted, which played at Singapore's Victoria Theatre.
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Mark Chan scored the Chinese film of the same title for erhu, pipa, cello, piano, percussion, guanzi, and assorted keyboards.
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Mark Chan wrote the 100-minute-long Opiume in five months, dividing the opera into 6 movements, which reflect several chapters of the Opium War story: Discovery, Intoxication, Economics, Addiction, Conflict and Epiphany.