Guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque enjoys a career that spans the spectrum of musical styles. Moving easily between jazz and classical guitar, Fareed's versatility has created a demand for him with prominent jazz, rock, and classical artists including Sting, Dizzy Gillespie, Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Holland, Joe Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Cassandra Wilson, Kurt Elling, Lester Bowie, Arturo Sandoval, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Kahil el Zabar, Defunckt, Ramsey Lewis, Nigel Kennedy, Edgar Meyer, Stephen Stubbs, Bob James, David Sanborn, Frank Vignola, Frank Bungarten, members of the Vermeer Quartet and many symphony orchestras. He has performed all of the major guitar concertos, is an active transcriber of baroque as well as South American music and has had numerous modern works dedicated to him.

Fareed has also released seven recordings as a leader: "Voices Rising" and "Manresa" on Sting's Pangaea label, and "Sacred Addiction," "Opaque," and "Deja Vu," on the prestigious Bluenote label, as well as "Singh Song" available on Haven Records. His most recent, the critically acclaimed “Cosmic Hug” is available on Magnatude Records.

Haque has been featured on WTTW's ArtBeat, Ben Sidran's New Visions, Michelob Presents Sunday Night with David Sanborn on NBC, his own Lonesome Pines Special for PBS, and on BET cable jazz channel. Fareed has twice been selected Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in Downbeat magazine. In 1989, Fareed joined the faculty of Northern Illinois University, where he currently holds an associate professorship in jazz and classical guitar studies.

Born in 1963 to Pakistani father and Chilean mother, extensive travels, especially long stays in Spain, France, Iran, Pakistan and Chile, exposed Haque to different musics from a very early age. This natural eclecticism has become the hallmark of Fareed's music. Fareed can perform in a variety of settings and ensembles from Jazz Funk Jam super band to stripped down ethnic ensembles or with local chamber orchestras or symphonies.  Many folks claim to be well rounded, Fareed Haque is a renaissance man on the guitar- playing all styles from Classical to Spanish to Indian classical to American Jazz and Funk.  A true master, Fareed Haque.