Philip Edward Fisher, piano

Philip Edward Fisher is widely recognized as a unique performer of refined style and exceptional versatility. International tours as a prolific soloist and ensemble musician have taken Mr. Fisher 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 Maestro Larry Rachleff. Mr. Fisher has also appeared in-concert at Merkin Hall and Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, and his United Kingdom credits include performances at 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. Early 2010 will see the release of his debut disc on the NAXOS label, the first in a two-disc set of the Keyboard Suites of Handel.

The success of Mr. Fisher’s debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra led to his immediate re-engagement to tour throughout Scotland with the orchestra the following Season. May 2006 marked his debut at Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, where he joined the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. Highlights of Mr. Fisher’s 2006-07 Season included recitals across the U.S., most notably as part of the inaugural season of the Morgan Library’s new concert series in New York City, and an appearance at the International Keyboard Festival at Mannes College. The season also marked his first appearance with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, performing the rarely heard ‘Recollections of Ireland Opus 69’ by Ignaz Moscheles.

Dedicated to the performance of new music, Mr. Fisher has given local and national premieres of numerous contemporary pieces and has worked in close collaboration with prominent composers such as Ronald Stevenson, Thomas Ades, and Arvo Pärt. In February 2006, Mr. Fisher partook in the New York Miniaturist Ensemble’s innovative concert series, unveiling the world-premiere performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s First Natural Durations for solo piano, and he has also appeared at the New York Focus! Festival at Lincoln Center.

Additionally known for his unique chamber music abilities, Mr. Fisher has become a highly sought-after ensemble performer, giving over fifty concerts per year. He has shared 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. Mr. Fisher 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 at the age of nine, and made his first public appearance only 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 pianist and composer, Philip Martin. In 1993, Mr. Fisher was named a recipient of the John Ogdon Memorial Scholarship, enabling his musical studies to continue at the Purcell School. That same year, Mr. Fisher was accepted into the studio of Professor Christopher Elton, Head of Keyboard at the Royal Academy of Music in London. During his studies at the Royal Academy, he was also guided by pedagogues 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, Mr. Fisher 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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