Oren Fader is highly regarded as a performer of classical guitar repertoire, both solo and chamber, traditional and contemporary. Reviewing his solo New York City recital, Guitar Review magazine stated: "His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling". Reviewing his latest CD, "First Flight", Guitar Review noted "Oren Fader serves up a nourishing feast of new music...Fader's skill, particularly his conductor-like understanding is palpable on every track." In 2009 Mr. Fader recieved favorable reviews in the New York Times for three different concerts.

He has performed in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States. Concerto performances include the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and both the Concierto de Aranjuez, and the Vivaldi D major, with the Manchester Music Festival.

Mr. Fader is much in demand as a chamber musician. He has performed hundreds of concerts with a wide range of classical and new music groups, including the Met Chamber Ensemble (directed by James Levine), New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, New World Symphony, Absolute Ensemble, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, American Composers' Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Music from Japan, New Amsterdam Singers, New York Festival of Song, Da Capo Chamber Players, North Country Chamber Players, Poetica Musica, and Speculum Musicae. Festival performances include Aspen, Tanglewood, Bach Oregon Festival, Deer Valley Festival (Utah), and Morelia, Mexico.

Mr. Fader is well known for his performance of contemporary music. As a member of the Award- winning new music ensembles Cygnus, Fireworks, and Glass Farm, he has premiered over 150 solo and chamber works with guitar, including compositions by Babbitt, Wuorinen, Machover, Biscardi, Currier, Naito, Pollock, and many others. Recent performances include two seasons at the Tanglewood Music Festival, performing works of Carter, Davidovsky, and Chin, and a tour with Poetica Musica, performing in Turkey (Istanbul Festival), Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan.

Mr. Fader can be heard on over 30 commercial recordings, in repertoire ranging from the 16th Century (Dowland) to the 21st (Carter). Recent releases include "First Flight": Ten premiere solo guitar pieces written for Mr. Fader, and "Another's Fandango", featuring solo works from Bach to Bogdanovic, produced by Grammy Award winner Adam Abeshouse.
Other recent recording projects include a new recording of an arrangement of "The Rite of Spring", and "Dance Mix", performed by the Fireworks ensemble, and new releases from Glass Farm Ensemble, Milton Babbitt, Chien-Yin Chen, Tim Janis, Elizabeth Hoffman, Sean Hickey, and Meyer Kupferman. The Cygnus Ensemble's 2nd CD, featuring works by Naito, Babbitt, Claman, and Yttrehus,has just been released by Bridge Records. Mr. Fader is active in commercial film as well, just having recorded the guitar parts for the film, "Everything Is Illuminated", directed by Liev Schriber.

Mr. Fader received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Purchase and his Master of Music (Performance) degree from Florida State University. His major teachers include David Starobin and Bruce Holzman. Since 1994 Mr. Fader has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.