PHILIP EDWARD FISHER
Recital June 19, 2009 Program Pianist Philip Edward Fisher is widely recognized as a performer of refined style and versatility. Tours as soloist and ensemble musician have taken him across his native United Kingdom to Italy, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Kenya, Zimbabwe, the Ukraine, and United States. 2002 marked his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall, performing Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto under the baton of Larry Rachleff. Philip has also appeared at Merkin Hall and Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, and his United Kingdom credits include the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall in London, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, and Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
In recent and forthcoming seasons, Philip has been invited to appear with such renowned orchestras as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Juilliard Orchestra and the Toledo Symphony. A strong proponent of contemporary music, Philip has worked with and debuted works by several prominent composers, including Ronald Stevenson, Thomas Ades, Arvo Pärt and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Philip has become a highly sought-after ensemble performer, sharing the stage with renowned performers such as tenor Robert White, pianist Sara Buechner, violinists Elmar Oliviera, Philippe Graffin and Augustin Hadelich, and Principal Trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, Joseph Alessi. Philip has appeared at Music@Menlo, the Beethoven Chamber Music Festival and the Kyoto International Music Festival in Japan. He has been heard on New York’s WQXR and Boston’s WGBH, and has appeared on Ukrainian Television, the BBC, and MTV.
Philip Edward Fisher began his musical training aged nine, his first public performance coming just a year later. His concerto debut followed aged 12, performing Shostakovich’s Second Concerto at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. During this time, he studied with the concert pianist and composer, Philip Martin. Philip earned his undergraduate degree from The Royal Academy of Music in London, where he was a pupil in the studio of Professor Christopher Elton. Subsequently, he has worked with the late Alexander Satz, Boris Berman, Stephen Kovacevich and Stephen Hough. He graduated from The Juilliard School in May of 2006, earning his Master’s degree as a student of Joseph Kalichstein and Jerome Lowenthal. In 2001, Philip was granted the Julius Isserlis Scholarship by the Royal Philharmonic Society of London, the largest and most prestigious award of its kind currently available to a British musician, branding the young man with a mark of distinction as one of the finest breakout talents in the UK.
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