He is at the head of a generation that has saved the sensitive playing style of the old Klezmorim for the present and developed it further. He has performed and taught at many music festivals around the world from the USA and Canada to Japan.

 

In addition to his projects such as the Semer Ensemble, Engel Ensemble, Torah Images, Hamburg Klezmer Band, Joel Rubin Ensemble, Fialke and Silja Mark has performed as a guest musician with Socalled, Dobranotch, Efim Chorny, Painted Bird and Forshpil, among others. He teaches Yiddish music and dance internationally.

 

Mark has worked with orchestras such as the Musica Viva (RU), Augsburger Philharmoniker  (GER),  Aurora Orchestra (UK),  INSO Lviv (UA), Weimar Staatskapelle (GER) and Kölner Akademie (GER), as well as with the choir Schola Kantorum Weimar (GER).

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As part of various projects, in total, Mark participated in the recording of more than ten CDs.

 

2009-2016 Mark also was the artistic director of the international Yiddish Fest Moscow.

 

In 2009 he worked as artistic director of the festival KlezmerFest in Hamburg.

 

His own compositions are performed by various musical projects (both klezmer and classical) around the world, including Steven Greenman (USA), the members of the San Francisco Symphony (USA), the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen (GER), Klezmer Loshn (FR), and the Dreydel Orchestra (JPN).

 

In 2019, Mark released his first collection of tunes Di naye yidishe melodyes (New Yiddish melodies). The second compilation of Mark's compositions, Di naye yidishe melodyes Volume 2 was published in the summer of 2020. Currently Mark is working on his third volume.

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Since 2017 Mark is a brand ambassador for the company STRING KING (Sweden), which provided him with a special violin travel set Trinity Case.

 

Since 2018 Mark  is a brand ambassador for the company ACCORD CASE (Croatia), which provided him with a personalized violin case created just for him.

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Since 2023 Mark  is a brand ambassador for the company MEZZO-FORTE (Germany), producing bowed instruments made of carbon fiber.