Mark Springer

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Mark Springer
GenresPost-punk, jazz, classical
Occupation(s)Musician, painter
InstrumentsPiano
Years active1980–present
LabelsExit, Virgin
Associated actsThe Pax Trio, Rip Rig + Panic
Websitemarkspringer.netexit.co.uk

Mark Springer is one of Britain's foremost contemporary pianists and composers. Springer first came to the publics attention in the group Rip Rig and Panic. This group also featured the singer Neneh Cherry and Sean Oliver and Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith. Here he explored what was to be the start of his virtuosi piano performances and compositions.

Over the intervening years Springer has maintained his consistent innovative and revolutionary piano sound. This also includes many recent compositions for piano and string quartet and opera and other ensembles. Mark Springer owns his own record label - Exit.co.uk.

Biography[]

Mark Springer first began playing gigs with the experimental rock band The Pop Group, the members with whom he had been schoolmates.[1] In 1981, Springer formed Rip Rig + Panic with Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith, two former members of Pop Group. After Rip Rig + Panic disbanded in 1983, Springer began recording as a solo artist. His debut album titled was released in 1984 and comprised numerous solo piano recordings.[2]

Discography[]

With Rip Rig + Panic
As a solo artist
  • (1984)
  • Swans And Turtles (with Sarah Sarhandi, 1990)
  • Menu (1991)
  • Eye (1998)
  • Capture (1999)
  • Nature/Music/Food/The Stars and The Planets - Featuring the drummer from Portishead, Clive Deamer. (2000)
  • Metonic: Music for Solo Piano & Piano Quartet (2002)
  • Solo Situation (2004)
  • E.T.A. N.Y.C.: Jazz Standards and Original Compositions (2005)
  • Diving (2018)
  • Menu 2 (2016)
  • The Watching Bird (2017)
  • The Rip Rig + Panic Piano Solos (2018)

Collaborations

  • Aparat - Duo with Mark Springer and Arthur Jeffes of Penguin Cafe (2016)
  • First Light by the Pax Trio with Mark Springer, David Wright and Sirish Kumar (2009)
  • Triptych by the Pax Trio with Mark Springer, David Wright and Sirish Kumar (2006)

Original music score compositions

  • Weekend - Feature film Weekend by Barnaby Southcombe
  • London Kills Me - Feature film by Hanish Kureishi
  • Moll Flanders - Granada 4 Part TV series
  • The fall Out Guy - BBC drama, Produced by Paul Tickell
  • The House - Film Short by Sam Hodgkin
  • ITV Documentary on the-surrealist painter Leonora Carrington
  • BBC Documentary film on Mark Springer and his father, the artist, Michael Springer
  • Das Erde - Documentary for German TV
  • Fatto a Mano - Film Short by S. Killery
  • L’Amour Fou - French art house documentary
  • The Potentino Concerto - Film Short by Agnieszka Biolik

References[]

General

  • "Mark Springer > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  • Mark Springer discography at Discogs

Notes

  1. ^ Baptie, Douglas (1 July 2013). "Rip Rig + Panic – God/I Am Cold/Attitude". thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Piano – Mark Springer". Cherry Red Records. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

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