Adam Holzman (born 1960 in New York City) is a classical guitarist. He is Professor of Guitar at the

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and is the Parker C. Fielder Regents Professor in Music. Formerly he was associate professor at the

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in Tampa. In 1989 he joined the faculty and the

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where he founded its classical guitar studio. In 1990 he founded the Austin Guitar Society. In 2017, he founded The

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Summer Festival Guitar Program. Holzman held the title of "Maestro Extraordinario" given by the

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, Monterrey,

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, where he served as artist-in-residence until 1992. His teachers include Albert Blain, Bruce Holzman,

Eliot Fisk Eliot Hamilton Fisk (born August 10, 1954) is an American classical guitarist. Music career Education and teaching Fisk was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia. He finished high school in DeWitt, New York, and then studied music at Yale Un ...

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and Oscar Ghiglia. He was chosen twice as a student in the US master classes of

. He has numerous CD releases on Naxos Records and HRH Records.

References

External links

Official website

Video Interview with Adam Holzman
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