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Albert Márkos, cellist and composer, was born in Cluj-Napoca in 1967. He began and completed his classical music studies there. He left the Cluj-Napoca Academy of Music after two years. Between 1988 and 1992, he worked with the Târgu Mureș Symphony Orchestra and the Cluj-Napoca Symphony Orchestra, and later became a member of the Concordia Chamber Orchestra. His career as a classical musician ended in 1992. He is involved in improvisational, contemporary, applied and experimental music. He has lived in Hungary since 1993.

As a composer, he has written music for the following films: Off Hollywood - directed by Szabolcs Hajdu; Wonderful Wild Animals - directed by Ferenc Török; Paths of Light - directed by Attila Mispál; Letter of Acquittal - directed by László Kántor; Parrot - directed by Gyula Nemes; Vigil - directed by Nick Thorpe; Taxidermia - directed by György Pálfi; Minus - directed by Áron Mátyássy; End Times - directed by Áron Mátyássy.

As the leader and member of numerous jazz and contemporary music ensembles and projects, he has performed both improvised and composed music with the following musicians and composers: Róbert Benkő, Szilárd Mezei, Attila Dóra, Szabolcs Tóth, László Keszég, István Grencsó, Tamás Gerőly, Zsolt Sőrés, Béla Ágoston, Samu Gryllus, Vince Varga, András Vígh, Roger Turner, Phil Minton, Tim Hodgkinson, Fred Frith, Thomas Lehn, Birgit Ulherr, Martin Klapper, John Butcher, Mats Gustafsson, Raymond Strid, DJ Mango, DJ Palotai, DJ Titusz, KASSÁK, ARGO, WH Shakespeare, the Tractus Contemporary Music Ensemble with Kristóf Weber, Márton Kovács, and László Keszég; Realistic Crew, Supervinylstringscombo, the Szilárd Mezei – Albert Márkos duo, the Szilárd Mezei – Albert Márkos – András Vígh trio, Pont Műhely, etc. In addition, he is the composer of numerous contemporary music works.

see also: Márkos Albert - cellist