Artist
Biography
Jason Fisher
Viola
Jason Fisher Violist Jason Fisher is a founding member of Boston’s Grammy-nominated chamber orchestra, A Far Cry (afarcry.org). A Carnegie Hall Fellow and a Peabody Singapore Fellow, Jason has toured Europe, Asia, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Concerts at Vienna Musikverein, Singapore Esplanade, and Carnegie Hall. Performances with Pink Martini, Jake Shimabukuro, Itzakh Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Kiri Te Kanawa, and with members of the Florestan Trio, and the Æolus, Brentano, Cleveland, Emerson, Mendelssohn, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. As a passionate explorer of early music, he plays period viola with a bicoastal variety of ensembles including Gut Reaction, Antico/Moderno, Sarasa, the Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, and the Seattle and Portland Baroque Orchestras. During the summer, Jason performs on both modern and period instruments at the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia.