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Sharon Isbin

 
She merges extraordinary technical facility with a clean, lithe style, and the evocative power of a keen storyteller.
  Denver Post
 
 
Superb musicianship and effortless technique ... clear mastery of the instrument.
  Miami Herald

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Music and interviews with Sharon and Steve Vai; in studio with Nancy Wilson (Heart) and Stanley Jordan; previews with Steve Morse, Paul Winter, Rosa Passos, Romero Lubambo, and Thiago de Mello
August 30, 2011 CD release on SONY Classical.
 
Sharon Isbin in Satin Gown

 

Sharon Isbin performs Asturias by Isaac Albeniz in a Music Video produced by Susan Dangel. The music is featured in her CD Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions (SONY) released August 30, 2011. The video is part of the documentary on Sharon Isbin’s life and work to be released in 2012.



On June 29, 2012 Sharon Isbin came to Maine to perform as part of the inaugural Portland Performing Arts Festival. Isbin presented a diverse program featuring Latin romances for guitar by Tarrega, Albeniz, Granados, and Barrios Mangore, as well as Andecy by Andrew York and the Joan Baez Suite written for her by John Duarte.



Sharon Isbin performs Isaac Albeniz’s “Asturias”, Antonio Lauro’s “Waltz #3”, and Isaias Savio’s “Batucada” at the White House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009.



GuitarTV traveled to New York City to interview the best classical guitarist we have ever heard. Head of The Juilliard School Guitar Department, international sensation, former student of Andres Segovia—we are talking about the one-and-only Sharon Isbin.
This in-depth 40 minutes interview with Sharon showcases various classical guitar playing techniques, tips and performance snippets from her latest release “Guitar Passions”.



Journey to Amazon - Ravenna Festival, Italy, July 2007
con Sharon Isbin chitarra classica Gaudencio Thiago de Mello percussioni musiche di L. Almeida, A. Barrios Mangoré, L. Brouwer, B. Canonico, A. Lauro, G. Montaña, I. Savio, G. Thiago de Mello, A. Vianna (Pixinguinha)



Sharon Isbin performs Francisco Tarrega’s “Recuerdos de la Alhambra” on Korean Television January 2002.



Sharon Isbin performs “Black is the color of my true love’s hair/Darling Cora” from John Duarte’s “Appalachian Dreams” written for Sharon Isbin. Korean Television January 2002



Sharon Isbin performs Agustin Barrios Mangore’s “Waltz Opus 8 #4” on Korean Television January 2002.



Sharon Isbin & Spanish mezzo-soprano Gemma Coma-Alabert perform selections from Canciones Antiguas Españolas by Federico García Lorca: May 2, 2009 concert at the 92nd Street Y, New York City.



Sharon Isbin & Mark O’Connor Live at Symphony Space, New York, January ’09.
“Lily of the West” by John Duarte (Isbin solo), “Swing & Sweet Suzanne” from Strings & Threads Suite for Violin & Guitar by Mark O’Connor (O’Connor & Isbin). Featured on Isbin’s Sony CD, Journey to the New World.



Joshua Bell and Sharon Isbin perform Niccolò Paganini’s Cantabile at the White House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009.

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