Biography

Mark Robertson, Los Angeles-based violinist, was born in Cincinnati, OH to musical parents. After graduating from Boston University and the Juilliard School, Mark entered the freelance scene in southern California, and for many years has been a fixture in the Hollywood film scoring scene. He has played in the orchestras for some of the biggest blockbusters of all time, including Avatar 2 & 3, Sinners, Oppenheimer, Hoppers, Zootopia 1 & 2, Inside Out 1 & 2, A Beautiful Mind, A Perfect Storm, The Fast and the Furious, War of the Worlds, Cars, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Finding Dory, Spiderman: No Way Home, Frozen II, Wall-E, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He was one of the featured soloists on the recent film Where the Crawdads Sing, as well as the violin soloist for the shows The Residence, House of Cards and Penny Dreadful.

As an orchestra contractor, Mark has put together the orchestras for Avatar Aang: the Last Airbender, Voicemails for Isabell, Good American Family, Big City Greens Spacecation, White Men Can't Jump, The Unknown Country, Zoo, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, Blood & Treasure, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, The Boogeyman,, The Sinner, One Night in Miami, Triple Frontier, The Nun, and Under the Silver Lake.

In 2015, Mark co-founded the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, through which over 25 world premieres have been commissioned; and multiple films were performed live to picture, including Blackfish, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Parasite.

In addition to film scoring, Mark has also worked with A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera, Logic, Alice Cooper, Hoobastank, Chris Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Childs, and Linkin Park, among others.

Mark's violin teachers have included Kurt Sassmannshaus at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Aspen Music Festival, Dorothy DeLay at Aspen and Juilliard, and Roman Totenberg at Boston University.

In addition to Berklee, Mark has also given lectures at Juilliard, The Colburn School, and NYU.
- IMDb mini biography by: M.Robertson

Graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City.

Grandson of Alfred Robertson, a jockey, who in 1971 was inducted into the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Mark was the solo violinist for the Emmy-nominated music to Showtime's 'Penny Dreadful' (theme and score) and Netflix's 'The Residence' (score); and also the solo violinist for the Emmy-winning score to the Netflix show 'House of Cards' (US).

Mark is the co-Music Director of the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Robertson is the only musician to have performed at both premieres of John Williams' score to 'E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial' (Live to Picture); at the Shrine Auditorium (2002, for the 20th anniversary), and also for the revised version at the Hollywood Bowl (2015).