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from £190 in London
- from £200 in South East
- from £200 in East of England
- from £235 in East Midlands
- from £235 in South West
- from £250 in West Midlands
- from £250 in Wales
A specialist cocktail and wedding pianist who offers elegant performances from classical and easy listening to Jazz and Latin. Perfect for events requiring upbeat background music at a sensible volume.
Mark completed a piano degree at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (Barcelona). Thanks to sponsorship from the Anglo-Spanish Society, Caja España Foundation, RSAMD Stevenson Trust and AIE Grants he continued his studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and later at the Royal College of Music. He has won more than fifteen national and international awards and has collaborated internationally with professional orchestras such as the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and international soloists such as Marco Porcu and Maximiliano Martin.
Mark has played for many years at different venues, musicals and cabarets around England, Scotland, Spain and Italy, including luxurious restaurants and hotels, private cocktail parties and corporate events. His work as a top London wedding pianist as taken him to some of the South East's most prestigious venues. His corporate work has included performances for Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Le Cercle Restaurant (Chelsea), John Lewis Brasserie (Oxford Street). He has also taken on residencies for Mare Nostrum Resort in Tenerife.
In 2001 he toured around Spain for three years playing and improvising his own compositions. He was also an artist in residency for Le Ville Matte in Sardinia 2010 and he has recorded professionally for The Natural Studio Records and also for Warner Music Spain.
Mark has a good command of several styles, including jazz, opera, classical, film music, contemporary, musicals, Latin, classic popular, light music, pop, romantic, Spanish and Italian repertoire. He has also arranged well known tunes and wedding songs for piano and other professional ensembles.
Performance information
| Line-up | Solo pianist |
| Performance duration | 2 x 60 minute or 3 x 40 minute sets |
Arrival & set-up
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60 minutes before start |
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Requirements
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Space of 2 x 2 metres; power supply |
What people say
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Genevieve, Party, October 2011I wanted to say how super Mark was yesterday. He really was great and very appropriate. I would highly recommend him.
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Mel, Musical production, London December 2010Huge thanks to you for being our Musical director. We were pleasantly surprised and honored on how you took it upon yourself to add your own special touch and bring a sense of elegance and sophistication to the whole production. Your performances were truly outstanding. You managed to create suitable background music which enhanced and added to the whole atmosphere. You were extremely professional and patient and a willingness to help ensure that all went well on the night. We all hope to work with you again in the future and would highly recommend you to anyone needing a pianist and so much more!
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Gareth and Sam, Private cocktail party, Scotland, December 2008Thank you for providing a wonderful musical environment during our cocktail party. Everybody enjoyed the atmosphere and I would definitely book you again!
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Chairman, Harwich Festival of the Arts Trust Festival, July 2010I would like to thank you for bringing your beautiful music to our Festival. You were very much enjoyed, bringing the Church alive with your music. It was a delight to welcome the high standard of your performance.
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Andrew, Review, Wansbeck Music Festival, Northumberland January 2010…after a sensitive and elegant performance the audience wished for more.
Repertoire
- Jazz
- Allelujah I Love her So - R. Charles
- All Of Me - S. Simons/ G. Marks
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma
- Back To Those Happy Days - H. Nicholls
- Beguin The Beguine - C. Porter
- Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - C. Porter
- From This Moment On - C. Porter
- That’s What Friends Are For - B. Bacharach
- Walk On By - B. Bacharach
- Latin
- Brazil - Ary Barroso
- Blue Bossa - K. Dorham
- Kiss me Much – C.Velazquez
- Main que Nada - Sergio Mendes
- Tico tico - Zequinha de Abreu
- Too Much - M.Camilo
- Film
- Moon River - H. Mancini
- Once Upon a Time in West - E. Morricone
- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head - B. Bacharach
- Life is Beautiful - N. Piovani
- The Piano - M. Nyman
- Times Goes By (Casablanca) - H. Hupfeld
- My Heart Will Go On - J. Horner
- The Godfather – N. Rota
- Musicals
- I Got Rhythm - G. Gershwin
- Memory - A. L. Webber
- Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin
- Summertime - G. Gershwin
- The Saga Of Jenny - K. Weill
- Friend for Life - A. L. Webber’s
- Popular songs
- All my Loving - Beatles
- Arrivederci Roma - R. Rascel
- Close to You – B. Bacharach
- Hello Dolly - J. Herman
- In The Still Of The Night - C. Porter
- New York, New York - J. Kander
- Fly Me To The Moon - B. Howard
- Over the Rainbow - J. Garland
- Strangers in the Night - B. Kaempfert
- The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
- The Sound of Silence - P. Simon
- You’ll Never Walk Alone - R. Rodgers
- Contemporary songs
- Can you Feel the Love Tonight? - E. John
- Imagine - J. Lennon
- I Say A Little Prayer - B. Bacharach
- Let it Be - Beatles
- Tears in heaven - E. Clapton
- Yesterday - Beatles
- With or Without you - U2
- Classical/Opera
- Ballade 1 and 2 - F. Chopin
- Bolero - M. Ravel
- Brindis (Traviata) - G. Verdi
- Gymnopédies - E. Satie
- Habanera (Carmen) - Bizet
- Celebre Aria - J. S. Bach
- Nocturne in C minor – F. Chopin
- O Sole Mio - Traditional
- For Elisa - Beethoven
