- “one of the most brilliant pianists of the contemporary repertoire” The Sunday Times
In September, Mark Knoop recorded works by John Cage (external link) with Friedrich Gauwerky (external link) in Köln for the Wergo (external link) label.
CD recording of the complete piano music of David Lumsdaine (external link) was released by Tall Poppies (external link) in February 2009. Purchase from Buywell here. (external link)
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Mark Knoop is a pianist and conductor living in London, UK. He studied piano with Stephen McIntyre at the Victorian College of the Arts (external link) and in Europe with mentors including Herbert Henck, James Avery and Peter Feuchtwanger. He studied conducting in Melbourne with Robert Rosen and is co-artistic director of the Libra Ensemble (external link).
Mark has appeared throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia and in New Zealand, South Korea, Mongolia, United States of America, Canada and at festivals including the Transit, Ultima (external link), Huddersfield (external link), Spitalfields (external link), Borealis (external link), Lucerne (external link), Melbourne (external link), and Adelaide (external link) Festivals, the Sydney Spring Festival, and the ISCM World Music Days (external link).
He performs with such groups as plus-minus (external link) (London/Brussels), Ensemble Exposé (external link) (London), ELISION Ensemble (external link) (Brisbane), 175 East (external link) (Auckland), musikFabrik (external link) (Köln), WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (external link), Ensemble Offspring (external link) (Sydney) and Ensemble Laboratorium (external link) (Europe).
- photo: Yatzek
Mark has conducted numerous premières including Jason Eckardt (external link)’s Tongues, Bryn Harrison (external link)’s Rise and Repetitions in Extended Time, Erik Ulman (external link)’s Thoughts on the Esterhazy Court Uniform; and the Australian premieres of Elliott Carter (external link)’s Clarinet Concerto, Hans Werner Henze (external link)’s Kammermusik 1958, John Cage (external link)’s Sixteen Dances, and Michael Finnissy (external link)’s Various Nations. He also performed the Australian premieres of Finnissy (external link)’s mammoth piano cycle The History of Photography in Sound and Richard Barrett (external link)’s Tract.
Mark has worked with many respected composers including Richard Barrett (external link), Chris Dench (external link), James Dillon (external link), Michael Finnissy (external link), Helmut Lachenmann, Liza Lim (external link), Thomas Meadowcroft (external link), Matthew Shlomowitz (external link), Erik Ulman (external link), David Young (external link), and many others. Solo works composed for him include Chris Dench (external link)’s into the wormworks and the heart’s algorithms (both members of the Phase Portraits cycle), Benjamin Marks (external link)’ La Chute, Chris Newman’s Air Fool Agony Face, and Dominik Karski (external link)’s Streams Within for piano and ensemble. His recording of the complete piano music of David Lumsdaine (external link) (Tall Poppies (external link)) was released to critical acclaim in 2009.
Recent projects include recordings of Finnissy (external link)’s Piano Concerto No 3 with 175 East (external link), and of works by John Cage (external link) for the Wergo (external link) label.
