Legendary conductor and composer Jose Serebrier announcing the upcoming release of a new CD (LINN RECORDS) which will include Robert Beaser’s ground breaking GUITAR CONCERTO with dedicatee Eliot Fisk as soloist and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This monumental Concerto, premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall New York in 2009, is a monumental work […]
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Boston GuitarFest Past, Present and Future By Eliot Fisk I founded Boston GuitarFest in 2006 at the New England Conservatory. From year one my aim has been to project an interdisciplinary vision of the classical guitar outward into the world. The first Boston GuitarFest team consisted of my wife, Zaira Meneses, now also an NEC […]
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Eliot returns to Colorado to work with his lifelong friend Bruce Adolphe in the creation of a new work for solo guitar. Eliot met Bruce in the summer of 1969 when both were students at a small music camp in Vermont called Kinhaven. The collaboration continued in later at the Aspen Music Festival and in […]
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Eliot Fisk ou le monde dans une guitare Eliot Fisk. Photo © Keitaro Yoshioka La guitare d’Eliot Fisk est ouverte sur le monde. Chargée de sensualité, sa musique invite au questionnement de notre société et de son histoire. La remise en question et la chasse aux préjugés représentent pour lui une hygiène intellectuelle quotidienne. Possédant […]
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In the tenth year of the Boston GuitarFest, New England Conservatory’s Eliot Fisk, quite possibly the finest classical guitarist in the world, presided over a week of guitar concerts, clinics and competitions originated by. Saturday night featured Fisk as a performer, but it was not merely a star turn: instead, for most of the evening […]
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On January 30 of 2015, by special invitation of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Eliot Fisk performed at the Secretary’s private residence in Boston at a special reception for eminent diplomats from Canada and Mexico. Eliot describes the occasion like this: “Of all the famous people I have met Secretary Kerry was perhaps […]
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Expanding his concert activities to a new audience, Eliot Fisk recently performed at the famous Panorama Community outside of Seattle, Washington. Sponsored by Rosalie and Don Melnick to celebrate the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary, the concert attracted an overflow crowd. Rosalie Melnick, Eliot’s 11th grade biology teacher, described the event as follows: “I simply cannot […]
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Dearest Eliot, Your concert was truly an exceptional. You managed to connect your audience with the greatness of our cultural past in such a profound and direct way. What you have achieved on the guitar is beyond what anyone has done. I cannot imagine listening to Scarlatti or Bach in any other way. The Schwertsik […]
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Eliot Fisk at the “Saitenspreungen” Festival in Bad Aibling, Germany The American born, citizen of the world (“Weltbuerger”) , Eliot Fisk, who looks a bit like Woody Allen when he plays the part of the elegant Professor, teaches in 5 languages at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. At his concert in Bad Aibling as part of […]
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No classical guitarist has done more to enliven the confining format of the solo guitar recital than Eliot Fisk. The renowned virtuoso frequently journeys beyond traditional guitar territory, borrowing repertoire from other instruments, often inviting friends to share the spotlight. Fisk has given recitals where half the program might be Paganini violin caprices, the other […]
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