 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 Wonder Woman of the classical guitar... The Times Video Excerpt from Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, a one-hour documentary producedby Susan Dangel (2014). Guests include Martina Navratilova, MichelleObama, Joan Baez, Steve Vai, Stanley Jordan, Garrison Keillor, DavidHyde Pierce, Janis Ian, Lesley Gore, Mark O’Connor, Tan Dun, JohnCorigliano, Christopher Rouse, Joan Tower, Leonard Slatkin, Thiago deMello, Paul Winter, and more, with Isbin’s performances showcased frominternational concert stages to the GRAMMYs and White House. Review Quotes |  |
Sharon Isbin Affinity - World Premiere Recordings Multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin performs multi-faceted andvirtuosic new works written for her by leading composers from threecontinents on AFFINITY. Enjoy excerpts from the jazz and MiddleEastern-influenced “Affinity: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra” by ChrisBrubeck with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and conductor ElizabethSchulze, the Africa-influenced “El Decameron Negro” by iconic Cubancomposer Leo Brouwer, Chinese and Spanish-inspired “Seven Desires forGuitar” by Tan Dun, Richard Danielpour’s sensual song cycle “Of Love andLonging” performed with multiple GRAMMY winner Isabel Leonard, and atwo-guitar premiere with Colin Davin of Antonio Lauro’s “Waltz #3Natalia”. Isbin gives her inimitable imprint to and vastly enrichesmajor new repertoire for guitar. Purchase:Music Page,Amazon.comand all major retailers CD cover photo: J Henry Fair Strings for Peace: Sharon Isbin, Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash--Ragas for guitar & sarod Sharon Isbin, guitar; Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla Multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin teams up with legendary sarodmaster Amjad Ali Khan, his two brilliant sons Amaan Ali Bangash & AyaanAli Bangash, and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar in their groundbreakingalbum STRINGS FOR PEACE: Premieres for Guitar & Sarod (May 2020release). Enjoy excerpts from this extraordinary recording of musicsteeped in the tradition of North Indian classical music, featuring fourKhan ragas written and arranged for Sharon Isbin: By the Moon (RagaBehag), Love Avalanche (Raga Mishra Bhairav), Romancing Earth (RagaPilu) and Sacred Evening (Raga Yaman). The album is edited, mixed &mastered by Sai Shravanam, Resound India. Purchase:Music Page,Amazon.comand all major retailers More info:http://sarod.com/ Sharon Isbin, Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash - Ragas for guitar & sarod with interview Sharon Isbin, guitar; Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod Multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin teams up with legendary sarodmaster Amjad Ali Khan and his two brilliant sons Amaan Ali Bangash andAyaan Ali Bangash performing world premiere ragas for guitar & sarod!Enjoy interviews and concert excerpts from their acclaimed 2019 tour ofIndia. Their groundbreaking album STRINGS FOR PEACE (May 2020 release),features four Khan ragas steeped in the tradition of North Indianclassical music, written and arranged for Sharon Isbin. Purchase:Music Page,Amazon.comand all major retailers More info:http://sarod.com/ Sharon Isbin performs Tarrega Capricho Arabe for solo guitar - Remembering Julian Bream Sharon Isbin performs Francisco Tarrega’s Capricho Arabe for solo guitarin New York Guitar Festival’s “Remembering Julian Bream”, and shares thestory of her transformative lesson with Julian at age 14. Recorded ather home in New York City July 2021. Photo: J Henry Fair Sharon Isbin & Colin Davin perform Aranjuez ma pensée for two guitars Sharon Isbin performs Joaquin Rodrigo’s Aranjuez ma pensée withguitarist Colin Davin live in concert, New York City, December 2017. Sharon Isbin performs with Colin Davin live in concert his beautifularrangement for two guitars of Antonio Lauro’s Waltz No. 3 Natalia, NewYork City, December 2017. Sharon Isbin WQXR Artist Check-In with Elliott Forrest Multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin discusses with WQXR’s ElliottForrest life during the pandemic, and her two May 2020 album releases ofworld premieres composed for her: AFFINITY and STRINGS FOR PEACE. CD cover photo: J Henry Fair Sharon Isbin & Pacifica Quartet: Souvenirs of Spain & Italy - Trailer 1 Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin teams up with theGrammy winning Pacifica Quartet to record a beautiful collection ofmusic for guitar and strings on their new album, Souvenirs of Spain &Italy! Music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, Turina and Boccherini onCedille Records. Click here to preview the album:https://cedille-records.lnk.to/1GtONYP Sharon Isbin & Pacifica Quartet: Souvenirs of Spain & Italy - Trailer 2 Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin teams up with theGrammy winning Pacifica Quartet to record a beautiful collection ofmusic for guitar and strings on their new album, Souvenirs of Spain &Italy! Music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vivaldi, Turina and Boccherini onCedille Records. Click here to preview the album:https://cedille-records.lnk.to/1GtONYP Isabel Leonard & Sharon Isbin perform Granada by Agustin Lara - CD cover session with J Henry Fair Multiple GRAMMY Award winners Sharon Isbin & Argentinian-American IsabelLeonard perform Granada by Agustín Lara (arr. Isbin) on ALMA ESPAÑOLA,the first Spanish art song album of its kind in 40 years, including 12world premiere arrangements by Isbin. Duos for voice & guitar by GarcíaLorca, de Falla, Lara, Montsalvatge and Rodrigo, and guitar solos byGranados and Tárrega, are heard in performances that evoke the rich andmagnificent tradition of Spain. Photos: J Henry Fair Video footage: Dirk Vandenberk Video Editor: Rebecca Fay More info:http://isabelleonard.com Purchase: Music Page,Amazon.comand all major retailers More info: http://www.jhenryfair.com http://www.vandenberkvisual.com In this interview with Tavis Smiley, Sharon Isbin shares her technique and discusses the new documentaryabout her life and music, Sharon Isbin: Troubadour. February 16,2015. Special Features excerpts from ‘Sharon Isbin: Troubadour’. More Information Romero Lubambo Sharon Isbin: Troubadour Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions Music and interviews with Sharon and Steve Vai; in studio with NancyWilson (Heart) and Stanley Jordan; previews with Steve Morse, PaulWinter, Rosa Passos, Romero Lubambo, and Thiago de Mello.August 30, 2011 CD release on SONY Classical. Sharon Isbin performs Asturias by Isaac Albeniz in a music videoproduced by Susan Dangel. The music is featured in her CD Sharon Isbin& Friends: Guitar Passions (SONY) released August 30, 2011. The videois part of the documentary on Sharon Isbin’s life and work to bereleased in 2014. Sharon Isbin, Stanley Jordan & Romero Lubambo perform live on Detroittelevision during their 18-city 2014 Guitar Passions tour. Theirperformances combine jazz, classical, rock and Brazilian styles in aunique fusion of genres. Guitar World magazine wrote: “These threeamazing instrumentalists were meant to play together. The chemistrybetween them is so genuine ... like a love triangle of soul mates whofinish each other’s sentences.” On June 29, 2012 Sharon Isbin came to Maine to perform as part of theinaugural Portland Performing Arts Festival. Isbin presented a diverseprogram featuring Latin romances for guitar by Tarrega, Albeniz,Granados, and Barrios Mangore, as well as Andecy by Andrew York and theJoan 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 ofClassical Music on November 4, 2009. Josh Groban & Sharon Isbin perform She’s Always A Woman, live on theBilly Joel: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize concert in Washington DC,January 2015. GuitarTV traveled to New York City to interview the best classicalguitarist we have ever heard. Head of The Juilliard School GuitarDepartment, international sensation, former student of AndresSegovia—we are talking about the one-and-only Sharon Isbin. This in-depth 40 minutes interview with Sharon showcases variousclassical guitar playing techniques, tips and performance snippets fromher latest release Guitar Passions. Journey to Amazon - Ravenna Festival, Italy, July 2007 con Sharon Isbin chitarra classica Gaudencio Thiago de Mello percussionimusiche di L. Almeida, A. Barrios Mangoré, L. Brouwer, B. Canonico, A.Lauro, G. Montaña, I. Savio, G. Thiago de Mello, A. Vianna(Pixinguinha) Available from Amazon Sharon Isbin, Gaudencio Thiago de Mello and Paul Winter collaborate on aJourney to the Amazon. Hear their performances and discussions ofBrazilian music with scenes of the lush rainforest. Sharon Isbin performs Francisco Tarrega’s Recuerdos dela Alhambra on Korean Television January 2002. Sharon Isbin performs Black is the color of my true love’s hair / Darling Corafrom John Duarte’s Appalachian Dreams written for Sharon Isbin.Korean Television January 2002 Sharon Isbin performs Agustin Barrios Mangore’s Waltz Opus 8 #4on Korean Television January 2002. Sharon Isbin & Spanish mezzo-soprano Gemma Coma-Alabert performselections from Canciones Antiguas Españolas by Federico García Lorca:May 2, 2009 concert at the 92nd Street Y, Sharon Isbin & Mark O’Connor Live at Symphony Space, New York, January ’09. Lily of the West by John Duarte (Isbin solo), Swing & Sweet Suzannefrom Strings & Threads Suite for Violin & Guitar by Mark O’Connor(O’Connor & Isbin). Featured on Isbin’s Sony CD, Journey to the NewWorld. Joshua Bell and Sharon Isbin perform Niccolò Paganini’s Cantabile at theWhite House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009.  | |
