A native of Philadelphia, Eliot Fisk earned his M.M.A. degree from Yale University, where he studied with harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick. Immediately after graduation, he was asked to found the Guitar Department at the Yale School of Music.

In 1974 he was introduced to his idol, Andrés Segovia, who coached him privately for several years. In 1981 Segovia wrote, "I consider Eliot Fisk one of the most brilliant, intelligent and gifted young musical artists of our time, not only among guitarists but in all the general field of instrumentalists. His clear and flexible technique, his noble style of interpreting the beauty of classic compositions as well as the colorful music of today, puts him at the top line of our artistic world."

In 1996, as a testimonial to Maestro Segovia's appreciation for his young colleague's talent, the Maestro's widow, Señora Emilia Segovia, Marquesa of Salobreña, granted Eliot Fisk first performance and recording rights to a collection of her late husband's own compositions. The manuscripts include a cornucopia of exquisitely written folk tune settings from many different countries, and 16 studies, many of them dedicated to Señora Segovia.

Fisk has created a large body of guitar music both by commissioning contemporary composers and by his own transcriptions of works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and others. His popularity and versatility resulted in his being voted Best Classical Guitarist in a recent Guitar Player Magazine readers' poll.

In addition to his performing career, Eliot Fisk has a deep commitment to teaching. He is Professor of Guitar at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where his class includes talented young guitarists from a dozen different countries. In the 1996/97 school year, Eliot Fisk joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music where he hopes to make the idea of social responsibility and outreach performances one of the cornerstones of the guitar program. Mr. Fisk also conducts numerous master classes and residencies throughout the world.