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SCORSESE’S OSCAR WINNING THE DEPARTED   Sharon performed at the 2007 Coolidge Awards in Boston honoring Oscar winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, pictured here with Martin Scorsese and Howard Shore. Photo by David Fox. Sharon Isbin is featured on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award winning The Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon. She was also heard on the Awards telecast excerpt viewed by nearly 40 million. 4 ACADEMY AWARDS, including BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Winner Golden Globe and 200 ‘Best Picture’ Awards, Critics’ Choice Best Picture and Director, nomination ‘Best Composer’. She is featured on 5 tracks of Howard Shore’s GRAMMY-nominated score CD (New Line Records) and as the closing track of Rolling Stones/Van Morrison/Allman Bros./Beach Boys compilation (Warner). See the Discography Page.

 

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2005 Latin GRAMMY Nomination     for ‘Best Classical Album’ 2006 GLAAD Award Nomination     for ‘Outstanding Music Artist’ Sharon Isbin & New York Philharmonic Concertos from Brazil, Mexico and Spain by Villa-Lobos, Ponce and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez in the Philharmonic’s first-ever recording with guitar. 17 weeks BILLBOARD Top Classical Chart. See the Discography Page.   Their June 2004 performances in Avery Fisher Hall of Rodrigo’s Aranjuez were hailed as ‘Perfection’ NY Times, ‘Brilliant’ Toronto Star. Standing ovations and encore for the Philharmonic’s first guitar soloist in 26 years. See Isbin interview with NY Philharmonic.

Sharon Isbin acknowledges the audience’s standing ovation in her New York Philharmonic debut June 24, 2004, Avery Fisher Hall. Photo by Chris Lee

Accolades for Joan Baez Suite See the latest reviews from March 2007: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dallas Morning News

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Sharon Isbin performs as the Featured Guest on Showtime Television’s The L Word April 3, 2005 broadcast

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GRAMMY AWARD WINNER Sharon Isbin’s world premiere recording of concertos written for her by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun (composer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) received a 2002 GRAMMY Award for Concert de Gaudi for Guitar & Orchestra by Rouse in the category ‘Best Classical Contemporary Composition’, and earned Isbin her third GRAMMY nomination (‘Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra’). ECHO KLASSIK AWARD WINNER In June 2002, Sharon Isbin won Germany’s prestigious ECHO KLASSIK AWARD in the category ‘Best Concert Recording’ for the Rouse/Tan Dun CD. She performed in the award ceremony broadcast on German television for 1 million viewers.

Sharon Isbin performed at Ground Zero for the reading of the names memorial and televised broadcast on September 11, 2002. See Photo Gallery with Hillary Clinton and Yo Yo Ma. On October 3, 2003, Sharon Isbin premiered the Joan Baez Suite written for her by John Duarte, a seven-movement solo guitar work featuring songs from Joan’s early folk singing career. (Photo: Together at Joan Baez’s NYC Town Hall concert in March 2002) Rock legend Steve Vai and Isbin premiere Vai’s “Blossom Suite” in Paris February 2005 during her weeklong series at the Theatre du Chatelet.

NPR’s All Things Considered Hear Sharon Isbin’s May 4 feature in RealAudio.

At the 43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, Staples Center in Los Angeles, February 21, 2001 (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER! Sharon Isbin received a 2001 Grammy Award for her CD Dreams of a World (Teldec) for ‘Best Instrumental Soloist Performance without orchestra’. She is the first classical guitarist in 28 years to receive a Grammy. The announcement was broadcast to nearly 2 billion television viewers in 180 countries. Visit the Discography page to learn more.

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New Photo Gallery See Photo Gallery of Sharon Isbin with Aretha Franklin, Muhammad Ali, Bernie Williams, Steve Vai, Martina Navratilova, Al Jarreau, Dr. Ruth, Herb Ellis, Garrison Keillor, Joaquin Rodrigo and others on Press Releases page.

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Updated 12/24/2007 by Stephen Linhart Copyright Isbin, Linhart - Photo by Stuart O’Shields  Web Design by Stephen Linhart & Genevieve Spielberg, Inc. The background music is Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez ‘Adagio’ performed by Sharon Isbin on her Rodrigo/Villa-Lobos/Ponce concerto disc with the New York Philharmonic (Warner Classics).

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