Sometime in early 1978 I received a phone call in my fifth-floor-walk-up artist’s garret in New York City. The voice at the other end said, “Hello, this is Ruggiero Ricci.” I promptly replied, “Yeah, and I’m the Pope!” And then, certain that one of my friends was playing a practical joke on me, “Who is […]
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The following text by “bonzoboy” was posted a couple of days ago on the Gibson Forum website: A lot of people equate classical guitar and classical music in general as boring and snobbish and aimed at the rich ballet and opera loving crowd and figure that it would be too boring to play.That couldn’t be […]
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If you were to single out one particular recording that had the biggest impact on your work, which one would you choose? It would be unfair to single out one recording. I would prefer to single out a generation! The generation I would call “The Greatest Generation.” This generation starts with Rachmaninoff and ends with […]
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Click here to listen to the Interview Following is the playlist of pieces heard during the broadcast, in the order in which they were played: 1. Manuel Ponce: Prelude from “Segovia: Canciones Populares” (1996 CD) 2. Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra), by Francesco Tarrega (Granada, 1896) LIVE IN STUDIO 3. Spanish Dance […]
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Eliot Fisk received the Grand Cross of Isabel la Cátolica on June 10, 2006, from King Juan Carlos of Spain. Earlier recipients have included Andrés Segovia and Yehudi Menuhin. Fisk earned the award for contributions to Spanish music as an interpreter and teacher.
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Wildner Records releases “The Red Guitar” and “Ein kleines Requiem” 2010 Wildner Records released two Eliot Fisk productions. The titles of the productions: “The Red Guitar” and “Ein kleines Requiem”. The requiem of the Viennese composer Kurt Schwertsik, recollects the Spanish Civil War and is made up of 18 different pieces. The compositions and the […]
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