Mark Isaacs is an internationally-acclaimed composer, pianist and conductor in classical music and jazz. He has composed over 100 works and received many awards including the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award and the Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition. His first symphony was premiered by QSO in 2013. Last year he conducted the premiere of his chamber symphony with Omega Ensemble and also conducted the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in a concert of his orchestral works. In jazz he has recorded and toured with the artform’s most distinguished international figures and has twice been nominated for the ARIA Award.