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Mark Isaacs is an internationally-acclaimed composer, pianist and conductor in classical music and jazz, as well as being a film composer and songwriter.

Isaacs has composed 133 works, many commissioned by some of Australia’s most distinguished orchestras, ensembles and musicians. His output includes three symphonies, six concertos, orchestral film music, chamber, choral, vocal and solo works. 

He has received major awards including an Australia Council Fellowship, the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award and the Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition and has twice been nominated for the ARIA Award.

As a jazz pianist and composer, he has recorded and toured worldwide including festivals such as Tokyo Jazz Festival and Pori Jazz Finland, working with some of the artform’s most legendary international figures including Roy Haynes, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler, and releasing many acclaimed albums on prestigious international and Australian labels. 

As a classical pianist, he has released highly-regarded solo recordings and collaborated with distinguished Australian classical instrumentalists on the concert stage and in the studio. 

Isaacs has conducted his own concert works and film/TV music with major orchestras and ensembles including the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and has written the music and lyrics for releases he has produced of popular-style songs.

Mark Isaacs is a trained and accredited voluntary telephone crisis supporter at Lifeline Australia, the nationwide suicide prevention service.