ELIOT FISK
SUMMARY BIOGRAPHY
A creative innovator linked to the great romantic tradition of the past, guitarist Eliot
Fisk is one of the most exciting and unique artists before the public today. Known
worldwide for his adventurous repertoire and willingness to take art music into unusual
venues (including schools, senior centers and even prisons!) he belongs, as his great mentor
Andrés Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”
Having received dazzling critical and public acclaim in recital since his debut at
Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 1980, Fisk has also appeared as a soloist with major
orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony and many others in
addition to a wide variety of chamber music combinations in most of the great concert halls
of the world. In 1996, he delivered a command performance in the Palacio de los Cordova in
Granada, Spain, for then U.S. President Bill Clinton and King Juan Carlos of Spain and their
families. In June of 2006, by order of King Juan Carlos of Spain, Fisk was awarded the Cruz
of Isabel la Cátolica for his service to the cause of Spanish music. Earlier recipients of this
rarely bestowed honor include Andrés Segovia and Yehudi Menuhin.
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