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Sharon Isbin

14 Feb 2011

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Marfa, Texas
Free

Valentine’s Concert

Sharon Isbin


Ballroom hosted a Valentine’s Day performance by three-time Grammy Award-winning solo guitarist, Sharon Isbin at the Crowley Theater. Sharon performed select works of Spanish and Latin American music by Granados, Albeniz, Terrega, Brouwer, Barrios, and Lauro from Spain, Brazil, Cuba, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

In addition to her show at the Crowley Theater, Sharon Isbin conducted a workshop at Marfa ISD as part of Ballroom Marfa’s Outreach and Education Program. 

Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique, and versatility, multiple Grammy Award-winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time.” She has given sold-out performances throughout the world at New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, London’s Barbican and Wigmore Halls, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Paris’ Châtelet, Vienna’s Musikverein, Munich’s Herkulessaal, Madrid’s Teatro Real, and many others. She has served as Artistic Director/Soloist of festivals she created for Carnegie Hall and the Ordway Music Theatre (St. Paul), her own series at New York’s 92nd Street Y, and the acclaimed national radio series Guitarjam. She is a frequent guest on national radio programs including All Things Considered and Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.