Oren Fader, Guitarist
Oren Fader is highly regarded internationally as a performer of classical and electric guitar repertoire, solo and chamber, traditional and contemporary. Mr. Fader has performed in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States. Concerto performances include the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” with the New Jersey and Omaha Symphonies, David Del Puerto’s new concerto, “Zephyr”, with the New Paths in Music Ensemble, and the Vivaldi D Major Concerto, with the Manchester Music Festival.
In addition to performing as a soloist, Mr. Fader is much in demand as a New York City 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, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, American Composers’ Orchestra, Argento Ensemble, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Music from Japan, New Amsterdam Singers, New York Festival of Song, Da Capo Chamber Players, Festival Chamber Music, North Country Chamber Players, and Speculum Musicae. Festival performances include Aspen, Tanglewood, Bach Oregon Festival, Istanbul Festival, Deer Valley Festival (Utah), Yellow Barn, Bard Music Festival, and Morelia, Mexico.
Mr. Fader is well known for his performances of contemporary music. He has premiered or recorded over 200 solo and chamber works with guitar, many as a member of the Award-winning new music group Cygnus Ensemble, including compositions by Babbitt, Wuorinen, Machover, Biscardi, Currier, Naito, and many others. He has worked closely with composers such as Babbitt, Boulez, Carter, Davidovsky, and David Lang. Recent performance highlights include two seasons at the Tanglewood Music Festival, performing works of Carter, Davidovsky, and Chin, and tours around the globe with his chamber group Poetica Musica, performing in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Copenhagen, Iceland, Gayana, Israel, Jordan, and Tajikistan.
Mr. Fader can be heard on over 45 commercial recordings, in repertoire ranging from the 16th Century (Dowland) to the 21st (Carter). He is active in commercial film as well, recording the classical guitar parts for the film, “Everything Is Illuminated,” directed by Liev Schreiber.
Since 1994, Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
In addition to performing as a soloist, Mr. Fader is much in demand as a New York City 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, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, American Composers’ Orchestra, Argento Ensemble, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Music from Japan, New Amsterdam Singers, New York Festival of Song, Da Capo Chamber Players, Festival Chamber Music, North Country Chamber Players, and Speculum Musicae. Festival performances include Aspen, Tanglewood, Bach Oregon Festival, Istanbul Festival, Deer Valley Festival (Utah), Yellow Barn, Bard Music Festival, and Morelia, Mexico.
Mr. Fader is well known for his performances of contemporary music. He has premiered or recorded over 200 solo and chamber works with guitar, many as a member of the Award-winning new music group Cygnus Ensemble, including compositions by Babbitt, Wuorinen, Machover, Biscardi, Currier, Naito, and many others. He has worked closely with composers such as Babbitt, Boulez, Carter, Davidovsky, and David Lang. Recent performance highlights include two seasons at the Tanglewood Music Festival, performing works of Carter, Davidovsky, and Chin, and tours around the globe with his chamber group Poetica Musica, performing in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Copenhagen, Iceland, Gayana, Israel, Jordan, and Tajikistan.
Mr. Fader can be heard on over 45 commercial recordings, in repertoire ranging from the 16th Century (Dowland) to the 21st (Carter). He is active in commercial film as well, recording the classical guitar parts for the film, “Everything Is Illuminated,” directed by Liev Schreiber.
Since 1994, Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
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"“The guitarist Oren Fader played brilliantly." The New York Times
“His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling.” Guitar Review Magazine
“Oren Fader, an increasingly prominent guitarist about town, is the guest of Speculum Musicae…” The New Yorker
“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 played with confidence and style.” The New York Times
“As the soloist for Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez,” guitarist Oren Fader made a valuable contribution to the program. After a sunny take on its active opening, his expressively played “Adagio” movement took on the vulnerable character of a song of loss or longing while maintaining its bravado, with fine playing from the NJSO….the spirit of the piece and Fader’s fingerwork drew enthusiastic applause.”
The New Jersey Star Ledger
"Anderson and Fader are expert chamber musicians with a perfect sense of timing, virtuosity and a sensitivity to nuance." Guitar Review Magazine
"Damon Ferrante's music is focused and colorful with an unexpected, decidedly poetic touch." The Baltimore Sun
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Oren Fader's Current Tour
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Oren Fader will play works by J.S. Bach, Albeniz, Villa-Lobos, and Divinità Minori ("little gods") a set of guitar preludes by Damon Ferrante. Divinità Minori is a lyrical and energetic piece (a little symphony for solo guitar) that is inspired by Christopher Engel's paintings: The Raga Portraits. The performances feature animated projections of Engel's paintings.
The Raga Portraits: The meaning of raga is “color or hue,” and the Sanskrit word is interpreted as “passion” and, figuratively, “something that colors ones emotions.” Engel uses passionate, rich hues to portray an abundance of moods and feelings using the musical phrasing of the raga as inspiration; conveying rhythmic patterns that are as important than the individual “notes” or “subjects” within. The way the notes are played also change the meaning of the composition, similar to the placement of the images on paper. In all thirteen portraits, the viewer sees a single figure from the chest up, hands hidden, staring out and communicating a moment of transformation. The intricate images reveal a dreamlike quality, where many layers of consciousness are at work. The theme of color as rhythm is displayed in these mystical paintings filled with numbers, words, passages of ancient text alongside angels, Buddhist monks, Kabbalistic symbols, astronomical drawings, and archetypal imagery, collaged and woven into the foreground as well as the background. Christopher Engel is an Artist, Educator and Expressive Arts Therapist. He incorporates Jungian philosophy and techniques in all of his work. Engel's immersion in the arts began when he was a child - growing up in the theater and surrounded by the art of his parents. One of his earliest memories is standing in his father's New York City studio mesmerized by the palettes, brushes and paints. "My exposure to my parents Off-Broadway multi-media experimental theater pieces, which included poetry, film, photographs, paintings, sculpture and sound compositions, was my early education in the arts," says Engel. (See Christopher Engel's full bio in the About Us section of this website.) |
Christopher Engel and Selections from The Raga Portraits
