Eduardo Fernández is recognized as one of today's leading guitarists. Born in 1952 in Uruguay, his principal teachers were Abel Carlevaro, Guido Santórsola and Héctor Tosar. After being prized in several international competitions, he won the first prize of the 1975 Andrés Segovia Competition in Mallorca. His New York debut in 1977 won critical accolades. Fernández has returned to the U.S.A. almost every season since then, playing with prestigious orchestras as well as giving recitals, always to great acclaim from critics and audiences. His London debut, in Wigmore Hall (1983), had also a great impact, and resulted in his signing an exclusive recording contract with Decca. Currently he is exclusive recording artist of the Oehms Classics label, for which he has recorded the complete lute suites by Bach, and more. He has a vivid interest in historical instruments, and he plays often the repertoire of the XIXth century on a period guitar.