Mark Wilson comes from a musical family: his violinist grandmother was one of the first women members of the Philharmonia orchestra whilst his mother played violin with the Bournemouth and BBC Scottish orchestras. Mark's father was a fine accordionist who helped foster his son's love of folk and salon music.
Mark studied at the RSAMD and the RAM under three distinguished professors: Frances Mason, Miles Baster and Maurice Hasson. On graduating from RAM, Mark co-founded the Solaris Quartet with whom he played first violin for the next eight years. Mark then accepted an invitation to become the concertmaster of the Orquestra de Camara do Estado de Mato Grosso in Brazil and went on to give several concerto appearances with the ensemble as well as featuring on the orchestra's D.V.D. releases. Mark toured extensively throughout Brazil and Bolivia during his time with the orchestra yet perhaps the most rewarding part of the experience (along with learning Portuguese) was the work he put in developing the playing of the many talented young musicians in the orchestra's home city of Cuiabá.
Mark is now back in the UK and is in high demand as a freelance player (since Mark's return to the UK in January 2008, he's freelanced with, amongst others, the RTE Concert Orchestra and the Scottish Ballet Orchestra), chamber musician and a soloist.