Mark Gigliotti started his professional career as Solo Bassoon of the Hague Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands. He was also Principal Bassoon with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and is currently Co-Principal Bassoon with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe and Asia, including solo appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra.  In 2001 he recorded the Weber Bassoon Concerto and Andante and Hungarian Rondo, The Mozart Bassoon Concerto, and the Richard Strauss Duet-Concertino with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra available on the Bravo Label.
           
Mr. Gigliotti graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1979, studied conducting in Europe with Dutch conductor Kees Bakkels, and most recently with Philadelphia Orchestra Resident Conductor Luis Biava. He has gleaned extensive knowledge of conducting through performing with the world’s greatest conductors, including Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Loren Maazel, Simon Rattle, and James Levine. Gigliotti has conducted in Philadelphia at the Curtis Institute, and the Settlement Music School, and was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Lower Merion Symphony in 2005. He has been on the faculty of The College of New Jersey since 1992, has taught chamber music at the Curtis Institute, and has given Master Classes in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.

His musical ties extend to his family, having studied with his father, former Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Anthony Gigliotti, his mother, pianist Amelia Gigliotti, and his grandfather, well-known clarinet teacher Joseph Gigliotti, and he is married to Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist Holly Blake.  When not occupied with musical activities, he is a certified ski instructor at Hunter Mountain in New York State, an enthusiastic golfer, plays jazz guitar, and sails his boat, “The Sea Sharp” off the coast of New Jersey.