Mark Rush

MARK RUSH enjoys a diverse musical career encompassing many interests and genres. He has performed extensively on the concert stage and for radio and television throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe and in China. Equally active as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, he performs a far-flung repertoire ranging from J.S. Bach to Jimi Hendrix.

Rush counts among his musical mentors many of the finest artists and teachers of the 20th century; he has studied with Ivan Galamian, Dorothy Delay, Itzhak Perlman, Szymon Goldberg, Nathan Milstein and Arthur Grumiaux. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music.

Recent solo engagements include concerto appearances with the Shanghai Radio Orchestra, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Catalina Chamber Orchestra, and the Mesa Symphony Orchestra. He has presented violin recitals throughout the U.S. and also participated in many summer festivals including the Bath International Music Festival, the Banff Festival for the Arts, the Killington Music Festival, Weekend of Chamber Music Festival, Bang on a Can Music Festival, Sunflower Music Festival, and the Sedona Chamber Music Festival.

Since 1981, he has collaborated with his wife and long time duo partner Tannis Gibson in many recitals and in chamber music ensembles including the Monticello Trio and, more recently, the Lorenzo Trio and Coyote Concert. As co-artistic directors of the chamber group Coyote Consort, they have presented innovative concerts incorporating multi-media effects and innovative staging techniques. Together they have worked closely with many composers and performers, premiering and performing numerous new works.

Rush has recorded for ASV and CRI and was nominated for a Gramophone Award in 1994.

Currently an associate professor of music at the University of Arizona, he has also been on the music faculty of the University of Virginia and the Killington Music Festival.

He plays the “ex-Zimbalist” Lorenzo Guadagnini from the year 1743.