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Born in 1952 in Uruguay,
he began his studies of guitar at age 7. His principal teachers were Abel
Carlevaro, Guido Santórsola and Héctor Tosar. After being prized
in several international competitions, the most notable being the 1972 Porto
Alegre (Brazil) and 1975 Radio France (Paris) competitions, he won the first
prize of the 1975 Andrés Segovia Competition in Mallorca (Spain). Fernández has also played, with the same success, in practically all the European countries, and in the Far East (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and China), as well as in South America and Mexico. He is recognized as a leading guitarist. He has a vivid interest in historical instruments, and he plays often the repertoire of the XIXth century on a period guitar. Eduardo Fernández is also active as a teacher, having taught several years at the University Conservatory in Montevideo, where he is now a fellow researcher, as well as being very much in demand for masterclasses all around the world. He has written a major book on guitar technique (Technique, Mechanism, Learning, to be published by Chanterelle Verlag, Heidelberg in March 2001) as well as several articles in leading guitar publications. An active composer, he was the secretary of the Uruguay branch of ISCM for two years. He is also a founder of Uruguay's CIM/UNESCO section, and Artistic Director of Montevideo"s biannual International Guitar Festivals since 1996. |