Press Quotes:
"His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling."
— Guitar Review *****
"Serenade is set to Mr. Harrison's "Serenade for Guitar", with Oren Fader as the fine guitarist seated onstage..."
— The New York Times *****
"On his new CD First Flight...Oren Fader serves up a nourishing feast of new music...Fader's skill, particularly his conductor-like understanding is palpable on every track. The ultimate strength of this CD, however, is it's form: the program has the consistency of one large 12 movement sonata, yet every piece shines with its own personality and intellectual gusto. Have credit cards ready and go to www.cdbaby.com."
— Guitar Review*****
"Indeed, Oren is a guitarist who seems to have his hand in just about everything interesting. In addition to a prospering solo career, he frequently performs in duos, ensembles, commissions new music, and even tours with the Mark Morris Dance Company."
— Nylon Review *****
"Oren Fader gave the guitar part a polished, energetic performance that was precisely matched to the tape sounds."
— The New York Times *****
"The next pieces on the program...were played with a balance of passion and intellect, guided by a warm singing tone in the melody."
— Guitar Review *****
"The guitarist, Oren Fader glided through Mario Davidovsky's Synchronisms #10 , letting the electronically produced guitar sound appear with suprising force to contrast with his own delicately molded performance.."
— Philadelphia Enquirer *****
"Oren Fader, an increasingly prominent guitarist about town, is the guest of Speculum Musicae..."
"— The New Yorker *****
"Josh Levine's Glimpses had a delicate shimmer befitting its title, and excellent work by Tara Helen O'Connor on flute, Daniel Panner on viola and Oren Fader on guitar."
— Musicweb-international.com *****
"...totally winning confidence on display, especially Oren Fader and William Anderson in the crucial guitar and mandolin parts."
— Musicweb-international.com*****
"Fader's solo guitar in "Three Venezuelan Waltzes," by Antonio Lauro, was superbly performed in the masterful tradition of Alirio Diaz."
-NewsTimesLive.com (Danbury CT) *****
Oren Fader is highly regarded as a performer of classical guitar repertoire, both solo and chamber, traditional and contemporary. Reviewing his solo New York City recital, Guitar Review magazine stated: "His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling".
He has performed in London, Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam, Montreal, Maui, Russia, Mexico, and throughout the United States. Concerto performances include the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Concierto de Aranjuez, with the Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra, and the Vivaldi D major with the Manchester Music Festival Chamber Players in Vermont.
Mr. Fader is much in demand as a chamber musician. He has performed hundreds of concerts with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble (directed by James Levine), New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, American Composers' Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Music from Japan, New Amsterdam Singers, New York Festival of Song, North Country Chamber Players, Poetica Musica, and Speculum Musicae. Festival performances include Aspen, Tanglewood, Bach Oregon Festival, Deer Valley Festival (Utah), and Morelia, Mexico.
Mr. Fader recently finished a year long engagement with the Mark Morris Dance Group, performing Lou Harrison's Serenade for Guitar as onstage accompaniment for a new solo dance work choreographed and danced by Mark Morris.
Mr. Fader is well known for his performance of contemporary music. As a member of the Award- winning new music ensembles Cygnus, Fireworks, and Glass Farm, he has premiered over 100 solo and chamber works with guitar, including compositions by Babbitt, Wuorinen, Machover, Biscardi, Currier, Naito, Pollock, and others. This season Mr. Fader will premiere three duos (written for him and guitarist William Anderson) by Wuorinen, David Lang, and Scott Johnson, and a new opera, commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble, by Jonathan Dawe.
In a performance of Mario Davidovsk's Synchronisms ..10 for guitar and electronic tape, The New York Times wrote: "Oren Fader gave the guitar part a polished, energetic performance that was precisely matched to the tape sounds."
And at a recent performance The New York Times called Mr. Fader's playing "Electrifying".
Mr. Fader can be heard on over 20 commercial recordings, in repertoire ranging from the 16th Century (Dowland) to late 20th (Carter). Recent releases include "First Flight": Ten premiere solo guitar pieces written for Mr. Fader, and "Another's Fandango", featuring solo works from Bach to Bogdanovic, produced by Grammy Award winner Adam Abeshouse.
Other recent recording projects include a new recording of an arrangement of "The Rite of Spring" performed by the Fireworks ensemble, and new releases from Milton Babbitt, Chien-Yin Chen, Tim Janis, Elizabeth Hoffman, Sean Hickey, and Meyer Kupferman. The Cygnus Ensemble's 2nd CD, featuring works by Naito, Babbitt, Claman, and others will be released by Bridge Records in June 2006. Mr. Fader is active in commercial film as well, just having recorded the guitar parts for the film, "Everything Is Illuminated", directed by Liev Schriber.
Mr. Fader received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Purchase and his Master of Music (Performance) degree from Florida State University. His major teachers include David Starobin and Bruce Holzman. Since 1994 Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
Hi there! The Danish composer Per Nørgård's music has been much on my mind the past few years. Arguably the most important now living Scandinavian composer also has a remarkable output for the guitar. I spent a couple of years working with the composer on this repertoire, spanning from 1973 to 2000, in order to embrace the emerging performance practice associated with his work.
I have just uploaded 10 new tracks, all taken from "Tales From the North", my double CD box with the complete guitar works of Danish composer Per Nørgård. Also, in my latest blog you will find recent reviews of this release.
For further reading about the composer, this is an excellent website, with articles by a series of scholars and performers that have dedicated much study to his work:
Hi and thanks for the friendship! We go back in the studio and do the final sessions in our deconstruction of John Dowland’s galliards in December. Material from the September sessions up on the site right now. The Black Bile Galliards/Stefan Östersjö and Natasha Barrett
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my new album Afrikan Machinery is out now on Tzadik Records. Check out some of the tracks on my profile! You can buy the CD here, here, or here. It's also available on iTunes.
Best Wishes, Lukas Ligeti
Great playing, thanks! Here's a video greeting from Sweden, a piece for 11-stringed alto guitar by composer André Chini. Videography by Josef Doukkali, all best! Stefan ..
Ciao Oren Fader - Una canzone è davvero bella quando le sue note giungono dritte al cuore! - A song is really beautiful when his notes come straight to the heart! - Una canción es realmente hermosa cuando sus notas vienen directamente al corazón!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! Buon Natale from Italy !Bella la musica! I have a beautiful "regalo" how do you say... gift... for you, visit my website http://www.classicalguitarvideo.com Ciao, Daniele Magli
Soothing and filled with emotion. Just the way I like my music. Oren, if you have time, I've posted a few new songs on my site...of a funkier variety. Hope you like them. -Erik
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