Mark Aanderud

«Pianist, composer, and producer, Mark Aanderud finds freedom in the space where culture, genre, and the unexpected blend into infinite combinations. He uses piano, keyboards, computers, and other digital tools to improvise, compose, and perform music that brings him joy, a feeling which is quickly magnified by his audiences.» Mexican American, ex-New York resident, now Barcelona-based, Mark Aanderud is known for his eclectic approach to music. As a pianist, he has not just performed with some of the biggest names in Avant-garde and world music. A composer that invents and flows in between rythms, and complex yet simple music, in between electronic and acoustic music that trasends genres. Over the years Mark has done extensive work as a producer and composer and has become an unstoppable creator of audiovisual genres. He has over a hundred published works, that cover Jazz, Orchestral, Chamber, Electronic to Classical, Film Music, Avant-garde, Minimal. Mark has produced, performed and Recorded with artists as different as The Mars Volta, David Gilmore, Natalia Lafourcade, Tim Berne, Daniel Brandt, Munir Hossn and many more. He is part of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores of Mexico, and Music and Artistic Director at the House of Beautiful Business in Berlin. Mark is the creator of Newen Sound, an innovation music production agency.