MARK SMITH (piano) studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Ruth Harte, gaining the Maud Hornsby Award for 4 th year studies. Since graduating he has given recitals at many venues around the country including St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Caius & Gonville College, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Stow & Three Rivers Music Clubs, the Bushey Festival, Kingston University and the Maltings Arts Centre, St. Albans. He has performed regularly at the National Theatre foyer concerts, and for Music in Hospitals for whom he has toured the North, Wales, the Channel Islands and the South-west, performing live on BBC Radio. Mark has accompanied for the Royal College of Music Junior Department and is an Associated Board examiner. He also teaches at Harrow, Haileybury, Merchant Taylors’ and Queenswood schools.

DIMITAR and MARK formed their duo in 1994 and have given many concerts together, including recitals at Cranleigh School , North London Collegiate, Queenswood, and for the Rugby and Harrow Music Societies. They regularly give lunchtime concerts at churches in and around London and have performed at music clubs throughout England , most recently at Letchworth and Little Gaddesden.