Alex Wan was born in Hong Kong. He began to study guitar at the age of nine and performed in bands through his teenage years. At the age of 15 his family immigrated to the US, and he continued his music career in San Francisco, performing in clubs in Chinatown before settling in Boston. There he completed his undergraduate study at Boston University and graduate study at Harvard. For the past few decades he has performed with various rock, pop, jazz and fusion bands in the New England area. Music inspired by The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Carlos Santana.