Mark Portmann

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Mark Portmann

| genre = Pop, jazz, classical

| occupation = Musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer

| instrument = Keyboards

| associated_acts = The Rippingtons

| website = {{URL|www.markportmann.net}}

}}

Mark Portmann is a musician, songwriter, and record producer who has worked with Celine Dion and Josh Groban.{{cite news|title=Panic in the Sky Leads to Musical Awakening|work=Pasadena Star News|date=October 15, 2006}}

Portman began to learn classical piano as a child, but beginning at Coconut Creek High School he turned to pop music and jazz. He went to the Eastman School of Music on a scholarship, studying composition, and attended the University of Miami. In 1988, he became a keyboardist in the jazz group The Rippingtons and left the group four years later. In 1997, he released a solo album on Zebra Records titled No Truer Words.{{cite web|last1=Dillon|first1=Charlotte|title=Mark Portmann|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-portmann-mn0000830852/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}{{cite web|last1=Van Der Vliet|first1=Gina|title=All American Adds Zebra Will Distribute Indie Jazz Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+All+American+Adds+Zebra+Will+Distribute+Indie+Jazz+Label&pg=PA8-IA6|website=Google Books/Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=August 12, 2017|page=76|date=18 January 1997}}{{cite web|last1=Widran|first1=Jonathan|title=No Truer Words|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-truer-words-mw0000616677|website=AllMusic|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}

Songs co-produced by Portmann were nominated for ASCAP Latin Music Awards in 2003 and 2010.{{cite web|title=11th Annual ASCAP El Premio Winners List |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |year=2003 |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/latinawards/2003/elpremio2003_list.html |accessdate=August 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420043724/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/latinawards/2003/elpremio2003_list.html |archivedate=April 20, 2008 }}{{cite web|title=18th Annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards: Regional Mexicano|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|year=2010|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/latinawards/2010/Regional-Mexican.aspx|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}