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Emma Fisk is a UK based jazz violinist, specialising in Hot Club/ Gypsy Jazz, Classic Jazz and Swing styles. She has received critical acclaim both for her spirited gypsy jazz performances, and her interpretations of early jazz violin master, Joe Venuti's music.
Emma's current projects include her Gypsy Jazz quartet 'Hot Club du Nord' and Birkett & Fisk, a Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang inspired duo with guitarist James Birkett. She also appears as a guest soloist at jazz festivals and clubs around the UK and was a longstanding member of Gypsy Jazz quartet Djangologie with whom she toured and recorded c.2000-2015.
Birkett and Fisk were selected by Jazz North as Northern Line Ambassador Artists, as were Djangologie and Emma has been nominated in The British Jazz Awards.
As well as performing, Emma also teaches music at East Durham College and promotes jazz concerts at The Lubetkin Theatre in her hometown Peterlee.
Emma's current projects include her Gypsy Jazz quartet 'Hot Club du Nord' and Birkett & Fisk, a Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang inspired duo with guitarist James Birkett. She also appears as a guest soloist at jazz festivals and clubs around the UK and was a longstanding member of Gypsy Jazz quartet Djangologie with whom she toured and recorded c.2000-2015.
Birkett and Fisk were selected by Jazz North as Northern Line Ambassador Artists, as were Djangologie and Emma has been nominated in The British Jazz Awards.
As well as performing, Emma also teaches music at East Durham College and promotes jazz concerts at The Lubetkin Theatre in her hometown Peterlee.
"In a concert packed with moments to savour, just to hear Barker’s recreation of Bix’s sublime solo on ‘Singing the Blues’ was a joy but then so too was violinist Emma Fisk’s recall of Joe Venuti on the small group version of ‘Raggin’ the Scale’, complete with David Horniblow’s bass saxophone and the guitar work of Martin Wheatley."
Peter Vacher, Jazzwize Magazine
