Mark Aanderud

{{Short description|Mexican conductor and composer}}

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| name = Mark Aanderud

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_place = Mexico

| origin = Mexico City, Mexico

| genre = Jazz rock, classical rock, progressive rock, Latin rock

| occupation = Pianist, composer, arranger, producer, conductor

| instrument = Piano

| years_active = 1994–present

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Mark Aanderud (born 1976) is a Mexican pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor.{{Cite web|url=https://houseofbeautifulbusiness.com/bio-mark-aanderud|title=Bio – Mark Aanderud|website=House of Beautiful Business|language=en-US|access-date=27 February 2020}}

Aanderud started piano studies at 8 years old at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Mexico City. He started to perform professionally when he was 18 years old. Aanderud is known as a jazz pianist and composer, but through the years he has also performed, composed and recorded in several genres from Jazz and classical music to progressive rock and Latin music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jazzcorner.com:443/news/display.php?news=5173|title=Mark Aanderud, Hernan Hecht and Stomu Takeishi as Molé Present a New Take On the Piano Trio with their Highly Evocative 'RGB' on RareNoiseRecords |last=|first=|date=13 November 2014|website=www.jazzcorner.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 February 2020}} His first CD as a leader, Mark Aanderud Trio 02, was awarded best jazz album of the year 2003 by the Czech Music Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uv.mx/jazzuv/mark-aanderud/|title=Mark Aanderud – Centro de Estudios de Jazz|website=www.uv.mx|access-date=27 February 2020}}

In recent years, Aanderud has toured with international artists including the Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Ximena Sariñana and the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group. Aanderud has also recorded additional piano parts with The Mars Volta for their 2009 release Octahedron.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/octahedron-mw0000819794/credits|title=Octahedron – The Mars Volta |website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=27 February 2020}}