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Sharon Isbin
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Multiple GRAMMY Award-Winning guitarist. Founding Director guitar departments at The Juilliard School & Aspen Music Festival. Winner 2020 Musical America Instrumentalist of the Year, 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame. Visit www.sharonisbin.com
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Sharon Isbin @sharonisbin.bsky.social · Sep 29
Sharing the world premiere video of my solo #guitar arrangement and performance of Naomi Shemer's "Jerusalem of Gold". ♥🎶♥
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Honored 1hr of my music featured this wk on nationally syndicated @npr.org show airing 250+ stations for 400,000+ listeners! Listen FREE anytime @prx.org:
exchange.prx.org/pieces/594242

Photos: @recordingacademy.bsky.social #GRAMMYs @stevevai.bsky.social @nyphilharmonic.bsky.social #guitar #music
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Congratulations Elaine Martone for your Producer of the Year, Classical GRAMMY nomination today!!! I'm honored our album "Romántico" is part of this amazing journey!
❤️🎶❤️
- @enricolopezyanez.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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World lost @npr.org icon in Susan Stamberg's passing, 1st woman anchor US national news program, voice of ATC!
Honored she narrated SHARON ISBIN: TROUBADOUR, winner ASCAP TV Broadcast Award. Airs worldwide, 200+ @pbs.org
stations,streaming PBSPassport/Amazon.Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRO...
Sharon Isbin: Troubadour - documentary excerpt
YouTube video by Sharon Isbin
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October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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New @npr.org features on my ROMÁNTICO w/Orch of St. Luke's @enricolopezyanez.bsky.social & 6x #GRAMMY @recordingacademy.bsky.social producer
@elainemartone.bsky.social!

kgpr.podbean.com/e/classical-...

wvpublic.org/story/radio/... @wvpublic.bsky.social

www.wrr101.org/2025/10/wrr1... @wrr101.org
Guitarist Sharon Isbin Dazzles In New Latin Dance-Inspired Album - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Guitarist Sharon Isbin is back at it again with her latest album, Romantico, featuring her performing with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s led by Enrique Lopez-Yañez in music written by composer Karen LaF...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thank you #Denver for the joy of performing for your cheering, standing ovation packed house w/ the glorious Calidore String Quartet - we had a great time!! And magical hike through exotic formations at Roxborough!

#guitar #classicalguitar #stringquartet #chambermusic #acousticguitar #acousticmusic
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Excited to perform Monday Oct 13, 7.30pm #Denver #Colorado, Newman Center, Gates Hall with the wonderful Calidore String Quartet! Info & tickets: friendsofchambermusic.com/event/calido...

-- @uofdenver.bsky.social #guitar #stringquartet #classicalguitar #acousticguitar #acousticmusic
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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It's a joy to share ROMÁNTICO, my album of Latin dance-inspired world premieres for #guitar! I would be honored if you would consider it in the categories below!

Hear album, watch video, see program notes:
linktr.ee/SharonIsbin_...

Thanks for your friendship,
Sharon

@recordingacademy.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Join me and the wonderful @PacificaQuartet Sunday October 5 at 3pm in New York - info & tickets: yonkerstimes.com/grammy-winne...
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Sharing the world premiere video of my solo #guitar arrangement and performance of Naomi Shemer's "Jerusalem of Gold". ♥🎶♥
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted by Sharon Isbin
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Full text of Netanyahu’s speech: We won’t let the world shove a terror state down our throat https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-netanyahus-speech-we-wont-let-the-world-shove-a-terror-state-down-our-throat/
Full text of Netanyahu’s speech: We won’t let the world shove a terror state down our throat
Prime minister vows to bring all the hostages home, defeat Hamas, slams Western leaders for abandoning Israel and buckling to Islamist pressure; denies genocide in Gaza
www.timesofisrael.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Enjoy JWVibe's fab review of my ROMANTICO album, Latin dance-inspired #guitar premieres w/@enricolopezyanez.bsky.social:"A masterfully intricate yet majestically performed work of tender, intimate grace, sweeping emotional power & wildly passionate expression."
See:
www.jwvibe.com/single-post/...
SHARON ISBIN, Romántico
A masterfully intricate yet majestically performed work of tender, intimate grace, sweeping emotional power and wildly passionate expression, the world premiere recording Romántico – featuring the thr...
www.jwvibe.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Honored by #AcousticGuitar Magazine's beautiful review this month: "ROMÁNTICO features the exquisite classical #guitar work of the reliably great Sharon Isbin...I would not be at all surprised to find this concerto being performed quite often." See:
acousticguitar.com/review-class...

#latinmusic
Review: Classical Guitar Great Sharon Isbin Elevates New Release from Composer Karen LeFrak
Consisting of world premiere recordings of three works based around Cuban rhythms, ‘Romántico’ features the exquisite classical guitar work of the reliably great Isbin.
acousticguitar.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Joy performing at Krannert Center #illinois w/ my Strings for Peace w/ India's foremost sarod virtuosi Amjad Ali Khan! We reveled in the huge crowd, standing ovations & joyous music last week! "Isbin’s classical guitar w/ Khan’s Indian ragas was an incredible performance, truly unforgettable.”
September 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Join me and Strings for Peace w/ the foremost #sarod virtuosi of #India Amjad Ali Khan & his sons Sept 6 at the Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall, 2pm in #Champaign #Illinois! Info & tickets:
krannertcenter.com/events/strin...

#IndianClassicalMusic #guitar #tabla #acousticguitar
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Joyous 5000+ crowd for Miami Concerto! Raves fr Oregon ArtsWatch:
"Rousing applause and standing ovation...Filled with catchy tunes that evoke Miami's musical culture...Punchy riffs from Isbin led to a robust ending. Music perfectly matched the lovely summer evening." On my LeFrak: ROMÁNTICO album!
September 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Standing 0 at Aspen Music Festival for my LeFrak Concerto conducted by Elizabeth Schulze! @aspentimes.bsky.social:"Among the season highlights are some big winners...Isbin's exquisitely detailed performances...shading & caressing.A heartfelt slow mov't 'Romántico' lovely enough to stand on its own."
August 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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World Music Report's rave review of Isbin's ROMÁNTICO:
"Exquisite recording of LeFrak's masterful works. Isbin's playing is exhilarating, extrovert and virtuosic... She cultivates a beautiful, poetic tone with an orchestral touch and unique palette of colour."
worldmusicreport.com/featured/sha...
Sharon Isbin: A Small Orchestra on Gossamer Wings
The guitar’s ancestors include the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and of course the baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string inst...
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July 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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For Your Consideration/Para Su Consideración
LATIN GRAMMYS®:
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Hear album:
linktr.ee/SharonIsbin_...

"Exquisite recording of LeFrak's masterful works. Isbin's playing is exhilarating, extroverted and virtuosic." World Music Report

"Isbin's performance is stunning" WQED-FM
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Excited to perform LeFrak's dazzling Miami Concerto w/ VSO USA Aug 3, 6pm Vancouver WA Festival (near #PortlandOR):
vancouversymphony.org/vamf-2025/
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVac...
Hear on my new album ROMÁNTICO, SiriusXM's Album of the Week & #2 Amazon:
linktr.ee/SharonIsbin_...
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Brilliant editorial, gifted to read without paywall:
No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/o...
Opinion | No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Approaching gorgeous #Aspen #Colorado in the #RockyMountains! Can't wait to perform August 13 at the Aspen Music Festival & teach brilliant students in my 4wk #classicalguitar program! Concert details: www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/calen...

#guitar #acousticguitar #latinmusic
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Last week @warnerclassics.bsky.social released "Sharon Isbin: Heartstrings" w/ 61 tracks & nearly 9 million Spotify streams! #guitar #classicalguitar #acousticguitar
July 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Enjoy a fabulous 🎶 radio feature on my new album ROMANTICO of joyous Latin dance-inspired music by Karen LeFrak! Hear:
www.yourclassical.org/episode/2025...

w/ @enricolopezyanez.bsky.social Producer @elainemartone.bsky.social

#guitar #latinmusic #classicalguitar #acousticguitar
Sharon Isbin performs music by LeFrak on new album
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ guitarist Sharon Isbin fulfills her dream of performing a Latin American-inspired guitar concert on her latest album, ‘Romántico,’ featuring music by K...
www.yourclassical.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Enjoy FREE my interview & music: exchange.prx.org/pieces/572992
featuring ROMANTICO world premiere recording of Latin dance-inspired #guitar music and album w/PacificaQuartet! ❤️🎶💕

ROMÁNTICO on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QX2QTB/

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVac...
July 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Wow! Don't miss June 23 at @chq1874.bsky.social #Chautauqua Festival! www.observertoday.com/life/local-e...
GRAMMY Winner Sharon Isbin to perform at Chautauqua with the Pacifica Quartet
CHAUTAUQUA – Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, recognized as the 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, will appear at Chautauqua on Monday, June 23 at 4 p.m. The con...
www.observertoday.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM