Diablo Pianos - Offering quality and affordable pianos located in Pleasanton CA

Diablo Pianos is a partnership of a concert artist and music educator and a local
businessman and piano enthusiast.Together, they offer a love of music and a
dedication to provide those who share this passion for music with the finest
instruments available – consistent with incredible value.

Mark Anderson

Having begun piano studies at the age of 5, pianist Mark Anderson, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has become one of the world's outstanding pianists.

After successes at the 1993 Leeds (U.K.) and 1994 William Kapell (U.S.) International Piano Competitions, Mark Anderson toured much of the world as recitalist and soloist. He has performed in Japan, throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe and Great Britain, Ireland

and North America. He is invited regularly to perform as soloist with orchestrasthroughout the U.S. and abroad. Closer to home, Mr. Anderson performs with a variety of Bay Area ensembles such as San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and The San Jose Chamber Players.

Mark began his studies with Eugene Masluk in Livermore, California and received his formative training with Trula Whelan and Aiko Onishi. Having been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1987, Mark finished his formal training at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England under Ryszard Bakst and concluded his formal studies with Benjamin Kaplan in London. Mark records exclusively with Nimbus records and has released five commercial CDs to date, all of which have met with considerable critical acclaim.

Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor degree in piano performance from San Jose State University as well as postgraduate degrees from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. In June 2001, he was awarded the Master of Arts in Multimedia from California State University Hayward.

Mark is the Executive Director of AS Music Academy and is a partner in Diablo Pianos.

Mark Anderson is a Steinway Artist.