David Walter Foster, OC, OBC is a multi-Grammy-winning musician, composer, songwriter and arranger from Canada. For the majority of his almost five-decade long career, he has been one of the few key figures of modern western music to have influenced most, if not all, of its recent changes. A music prodigy, his education was carefully constructed to supplement his talent. Foster began to take piano lessons at the age of four and attended the University of Washington's music program nine years later. In 1974, he relocated to Los Angeles as a member of the band ‘Skylark’, and after the initial and unavoidable years of struggle, received his first Grammy Award in 1980. He has since created gold and platinum albums for the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire; Natalie Cole; Michael Bolton; Seal; Kenny Rogers; Dolly Parton; Chicago; Hall & Oates; Brandy; and ’N Sync and written timeless classic songs for several blockbuster films, including ‘The Bodyguard’; ‘Urban Cowboy’; and ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’. Between 2012 and 2016, he served as the chairman of Universal’s Verve Music Group, adding a new feather in his cap. Recently, he has joined ‘Asia’s Got Talent’s panel of judges.