Norma Fisher is acclaimed internationally as one of the UK’s leading pianists and teachers. As a child she was recognised as ‘a rare musical talent’ and at the age of fourteen she came to the attention of the celebrated Greek pianist Gina Bachauer who became her mentor, introducing her to the distinguished Hungarian teacher Ilona Kabos, with whom she subsequently studied. A period was also spent in Paris studying French music with Jacques Fevrier.

Her many, highly acclaimed, early performances for the BBC led to an invitation by RIAS, in Berlin, to make her debut with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra - which launched her career in Europe. Winning 2nd Prize in the Busoni International Piano Competition in 1963 and sharing the much-coveted Piano Prize in the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards with Vladimir Ashkenazy, meant her international reputation was sealed. That same year she made her debut at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and became a favourite soloist with all leading British orchestras.

The CD’s of her recently re-issued BBC recordings, “Norma Fisher at the BBC” Vols 1/2/3 have been received with international acclaim, being awarded Editors and Critics Choice in 2018/19 and 2022 by Gramophone magazine. In 2020 Vol. 2 also had the honour of being awarded the 41st “Grande Prix du Disque” by the Ferenc Liszt Society of Budapest.

Her reputation as a teacher is widely established and many of her top prize-winning students are well known on the international concert circuit. She is a Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music and a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music. She travels widely giving master classes throughout the world and is regularly invited on the Jury of leading international piano competitions

She is Founder & Chairman of London Master Classes.