Mark Farago was born in Szeged (Hungary). He studied violin and composition at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Szeged, later piano with Christian Favre at the Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland. After he obtained his concert diploma (licence de concert) in Lausanne in 1994 (with special mention of the jury), he continued his studies with Dominique Merlet at the Geneva Conservatory, with Peter Efler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, and finally with Leonid Brumberg (former pupil and assistant of Heinrich Neuhaus) at the Prayner Conservatory in Vienna, with a scholarship offered by the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna. He attended masterclasses by Lívia Rév, Kornél Zempléni, Paul Badura-Skoda and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Since 1992 Mark Farago has given many concerts throughout Europe, mostly in Hungary, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Among his concerts were recitals and chamber music performances at the Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Salle Paderewski in Lausanne, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, Musikverein Vienna, Herbert von Karajan Center Vienna, Brucknerhaus Linz, Carinthischer Sommer Ossiach/Villach, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Beethovenhaus Bonn, radio/television broadcasts at the Radio Espace 2 in Lausanne and Geneva, ORF Vienna, Bartók Rádió Budapest.

Mark Farago has been awarded many prizes in national and international competitions.

As a soloist and chamber musician his repertoire includes music from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, the Romantic piano literature (with main focus on Russian composers) to Debussy, Ravel and Bartók.

Since 2005 he lives as a freelance Artist in Germany.