Mark Serkin

Cello

American cellist Mark Edward Serkin is a Master of Music graduate from the Mannes School of Music in New York City. He studied with the internationally renowned cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, former cellist of the renowned Kronos Quartet. Mark was principal cellist of the Mannes Orchestra. He has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and various other venues. Mark received his bachelor’s degree with honors in cello performance at Mannes School of Music, class of Barbara Stein Mallow, a celebrated chamber musician and teacher. He is also the cellist for Trio Solace, who are 2021 recipients of Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward grant.

His earlier achievements include the second place in the Korean Radio Broadcasting New York International Music Competition and the Gold Winner place at the National Young Musicians Showcase Competition (2013). Mark was awarded with the opportunity to play at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Merkin Concert Hall, New York.

Mark has participated in many festivals such as NY Phil Biennial, Kinhaven Music School, Meadowmount School of Music, Manchester Music Festival, Taconic Music, Luzerne Music Center, and the National Orchestra Institute and Festival, where he was recorded for the Naxos label in 2015 and 2016 albums. In April 2017, Mark was a featured artist on the Classic FM Radio in London performing multi-screen arrangement of a Fauré fugue for four cellos.

Mark is a cello and chamber music coach for the Face the Music program and cello faculty for Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, both affiliated with Kaufman Music Center in New York City.

Mark has performed in solo and chamber master classes for artists such as Steven Isserlis, Philippe Muller, Denis Shapovalov, Sharon Robinson, Timothy Eddy, Robert DeMaine, Jonathan Spitz, Peter Stumpf, Julia Lichten, Gloria dePasquale, Stefan Milenkovich, Kronos Quartet, Horszowski Trio, and the Miró Quartet. His main mentors include Hans Jørgen Jensen and Vladimir Panteleyev (cello performance), Todd Phillips (chamber), Nancy Wilson (baroque chamber).

Mark plays a cello made by Johannes Jais in 1778, brought back to life by Master Violin Maker Alexander Yurovitsky, in Brooklyn, New York.