Guitar Gems - International Classical Guitar Festival and Competition, Netanya Israel

Nathan Fischer has built a unique career as a performer, teacher, and an entrepreneur. Currently, Nathan is on faculty with the State University of New York in Fredonia and Nazareth College , and is the President of the International Guitar Institute.

As a concert artist, Nathan's performances have been described as having "a wide range of color and covering passages of sensitive emotion to fiery passion" The Washington Guitar Society. His concert appearances have included venues throughout the United States as well as Yugoslavia, Italy, and Spain. As an advocate for new music, Nathan has received grant commissions to promote the performance of new works by organizations such as the Reva and David Logan Foundation, The Howard Hanson Institute for New Music at the Eastman School of Music, and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard. Through the generosity of these organizations Nathan has and will premier works by Kevin Ernst and Aaron Travers. Nathan's recording, Images, was released in the year 2000 and he is currently working to release a subsequent CD to include the complete solo works of Joaquín Turina, Manuel de Falla, and others by Joaquín Rodrigo.

Nathan holds a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music in Performance and Literature of Guitar, where he developed his inviting and captivating performance and teaching personality. For his achievements, the Eastman School presented him with the rare and prized Andrés Segovia Award for Musical Accomplishment and Human Endeavor in 2004. Nathan received his Bachelor of Music from George Mason University and during his undergraduate students, he attended master classes with Oscar Ghiglia at the Academia di Musicale Chigiana in Sien a, Italy and Les Arcs, France.

Nathan Fischer is on faculty with the State University of New York in Fredonia where he teaches guitar, history and literature of guitar, and guitar pedagogy. He is also on faculty with Nazareth College in Rocheste r, New Yor k, a nd he currently holds a performance based Artist-in-Residence from the University of Las Vegas Nevada. As an advocate for the advancement of the arts, Nathan is the founding President of the International Guitar Institute, an organization committed to the advancement of the guitar in the world of music.


	Nathan Fischer Nathan Fischer has built a unique career as a performer, teacher, and an entrepreneur. Currently, Nathan is on faculty with the State University of New York in Fredonia and Nazareth College , and is the President of the International Guitar Institute. As a concert artist, Nathan's performances have been described as having "a wide range of color and covering passages of sensitive emotion to fiery passion" The Washington Guitar Society. His concert appearances have included venues throughout the United States as well as Yugoslavia, Italy, and Spain. As an advocate for new music, Nathan has received grant commissions to promote the performance of new works by organizations such as the Reva and David Logan Foundation, The Howard Hanson Institute for New Music at the Eastman School of Music, and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard. Through the generosity of these organizations Nathan has and will premier works by Kevin Ernst and Aaron Travers. Nathan's recording, Images, was released in the year 2000 and he is currently working to release a subsequent CD to include the complete solo works of Joaquín Turina, Manuel de Falla, and others by Joaquín Rodrigo. Nathan holds a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music in Performance and Literature of Guitar, where he developed his inviting and captivating performance and teaching personality. For his achievements, the Eastman School presented him with the rare and prized Andrés Segovia Award for Musical Accomplishment and Human Endeavor in 2004. Nathan received his Bachelor of Music from George Mason University and during his undergraduate students, he attended master classes with Oscar Ghiglia at the Academia di Musicale Chigiana in Sien a, Italy and Les Arcs, France. Nathan Fischer is on faculty with the State University of New York in Fredonia where he teaches guitar, history and literature of guitar, and guitar pedagogy. He is also on faculty with Nazareth College in Rocheste r, New Yor k, a nd he currently holds a performance based Artist-in-Residence from the University of Las Vegas Nevada. As an advocate for the advancement of the arts, Nathan is the founding President of the International Guitar Institute, an organization committed to the advancement of the guitar in the world of music.