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1 Brubeck - Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra  
2 Brouwer - El Decameron Negro: 1  
3 El Decameron Negro: 2  
4 El Decameron Negro: 3  
5 Lauro - Waltz No. 3 Natalia  
6 Tan Dun - Seven Desires for Guitar  
7 Danielpour - Of Love and Longing: 1. Listen ...  
8 Of Love and Longing: 2. This Night of Love  
9 Of Love and Longing: 3. Your  
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On this historic ZOHO release, legendary guitarist Sharon Isbin performs multi-faceted and virtuosic new works for guitar, written for her by four leading composers. From the Africa-influenced El Decameron Negro by iconic Cuban guitarist/composer Leo Brouwer, through the Chinese and Spanish-inspired Seven Desires for Guitar by Tan Dun, to Richard Danielpour's sensual song cycle Of Love and Longing (with multiple Grammy winner Isabel Leonard) and the  jazz and world music-influenced Affinity: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra by Chris Brubeck with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra/Elizabeth Schulze, Sharon Isbin gives her inimitable imprint to, and vastly enriches major new repertoire for guitar. The four world premieres also include a two-guitar arrangement for her by Colin Davin of Antonio Lauro's Waltz #3 Natalia.   The recording will be available May 22, 2020 on the ZOHO label (ZM 202005).

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  • Sharon Isbin chats about: 'Live in Aspen' with KUCI: Irvine
    Posted At: January 9, 2025
    Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin was named Musical America Worldwide’s 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist ever to receive the coveted honor in their 59-year award history. She was inducted into the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame and received their Artistic Achievement Award. Hailed as “the pre-em...

  • Sharon Isbin with Amjad Ali Khan and sons deliver a transcendent fusion on 'Live in Aspen' / ACOUSTIC GUITAR
    Posted At: December 13, 2024
    East meets West in this fascinating collaboration of classical guitar and sarod, captured live at the Aspen Music Festival.ACOUSTIC GUITAR's Blair Jackson writes…..One of the most fascinating albums to come out in 2020 was Strings for Peace, a collaboration between classical guitarist extraordinaire Sharon Isbin and Indian sarod master Amjad Ali Khan. Khan wrote four ragas with Isbin in mind, and he and Isb...

  • You can get lost in Sharon Isbin's 'Live In Aspen' / American Record Guide
    Posted At: October 23, 2024
    Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin’s newest recording Live in Aspen, features India’s legendary sarod masters Amjad Ali Khan, his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar. Released June 21, 2024 on ZOHO Music (ZM202405), the album was recorded live at their sold-out concert for the Aspen Music Festival, one of North America’s largest and most beloved ...

  • Sharon Isbin's 'Live In Aspen' is a continuation of her fascinating 'western meets eastern' cross fertilization / AllAboutJazz
    Posted At: September 5, 2024
    AllAboutJazz - Scott Gudell writes……Ground Zero for guitarist Sharon Isbin has long been anchored in the world of western classical music. Her training was extensive and, beginning in the mid-1970s, she began winning several prestigious awards. Although she began releasing albums in the late 1970s, it took until just before the turn of the century—1999—before she secured her first Grammy nomination. She did...

  • Sharon Isbin chats about new 'Live In Aspen' recording, with YourclassicalMPR
    Posted At: August 15, 2024
    Sharon Isbin has recently released ‘Live In Aspen’ with Amjad Ali Khan, Amann Ali Bangash and Ayann Ali Bangash; also Amit Kavthekar via Zoho records. Isbin sat down with YourclassicalMPR's Julie Amacher to discuss the album and the guitarist's storied career….here's some of the transcriptGuitarist Sharon Isbin heads the guitar department at the Aspen Music Festival, and something unexpected happened there ...

  • Sharon Isbin's 'Live In Aspen' is an incredible Indian music collaboration / West Virginia Public Radio
    Posted At: August 14, 2024
    Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin’s newest recording Live in Aspen, with India’s legendary sarod masters Amjad Ali Khan, his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar, released via ZOHO Music was recorded live at their sold-out concert for the Aspen Music Festival. One of North America’s largest and most beloved summer festivals, Live in Aspen is bein...

  • There's something undeniably special about Sharon Isbin playing with Indian sarod masters and Kavthekar / textura
    Posted At: August 1, 2024
    textura writes……Factor in the excitement of live performance and this latest recording featuring classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, Indian sarod masters Amjad Ali Khan, his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar leaves as powerful an impression as 2020's Strings for Peace. The new release documents their sold-out August 2022 concert at the Aspen Music Festival, the ev...

  • In advance of her Aspen Music Festival concert, Sharon Isbin chats with 88.5KGNU
    Posted At: July 29, 2024
    88.5KGNU's Anya Sanchez writes…..Sanford Baran of KGNU interviews classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, highlighting her achievements and influence in classical music, including founding the guitar departments at Juilliard and the Aspen Music Festival. Sharon discusses her upcoming recital at the Aspen Music Festival on July 30th, featuring a diverse program. Sharon shares insights on her collaborations with va...

  • Aspen Public Radio interviews and reminisces about Sharon Isbin's four decades at summer festival
    Posted At: July 29, 2024
    Aspen Public Radio Classical music reporter Chris Mohr writes…..Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin appears July 30 at Harris Hall in a special Reminiscences recital. In this interview with Aspen Public Radio's Chris Mohr, she reminisces about her four decades in Aspen.The multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist's newest recording Live in Aspen, with India’s legendary sarod masters Amjad Ali Khan, his son...

  • East meets West in the rockies. Sharon Isbin, chats about her new album: 'Live in Aspen' with WORT89.9 - Madison WI
    Posted At: July 23, 2024
    WORT 89.9FM Madison ·Hejira world music radio show host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick recently had the opportunity to interview award winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, about her new album, Live in Aspen with Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash, and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Here is the lightly edited (for clarity) transcript of the interview.JSR:       I don’t know if you heard the fading down applause.SI: ...

  • Sharon Isbin's 'Live in Aspen' is gorgeously meditative and vibrant music, played by wonderful musicians / Russell Trunk
    Posted At: July 15, 2024
    The Aspen Music Festival, one of North America’s largest and most beloved summer classical festivals, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2024. My cherished collaborators, India’s great sarod master Amjad Ali Khan, his brilliant sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar and I are honored to share in this historic milestone with LIVE IN ASPEN, our sold-out concert performed a...

  • Sharon Isbin's 'Live in Aspen' makes CD Hotlist - July 2024 World Picks
    Posted At: July 1, 2024
    Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin’s newest recording Live in Aspen, with India’s legendary sarod masters Amjad Ali Khan, his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar, was released June 21, 2024 on ZOHO Music (ZM202405). The album was recorded live at their sold-out concert for the Aspen Music Festival, one of North America’s largest and most beloved ...

  • Sharon Isbin to be inducted into 2023 Guitar Foundation of America 'Hall of Fame' / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: May 24, 2023
    Isbin's catalogue of over 35 albums has sold nearly a million copies and reflects her remarkable versatility BroadwayWorld's A.A. Cristi writes….Multiple Grammy winner Sharon Isbin will be inducted into the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame and receive their Artistic Achievement Award this June. Isbin, the 2020 Musical America Instrumentalist of the Year, will give a solo concert Friday Ju...

  • Spend Mother's Day with Sharon Isbin / Culver City Observer
    Posted At: May 8, 2022
    Culver City Observer's Steven Lieberman writes…..U.S. Classical Guitar is presenting - as part of the U.S. International Guitar Series Season 2022 - multiple GRAMMY Award winner and world-renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin in a solo recital on Mother's Day, May 8 at First Congregational Church Los Angeles.Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, Isbin was named the 2020 Mu...

  • For collector's of intricate and soothing music, 'Strings for Peace' is an impressively produced and memorable release / Review Graveyard
    Posted At: May 6, 2021

    Review Graveyard writes.......Strings for Peace, features four compositions by legendary sarod master Amjad Ali Khan based on four popular ragas specifically written and arranged for Sharon Isbin: 'By the Moon - Raga Behag', 'Love Avalanche - Raga Mishra Bhairav', 'Romancing Earth - Raga Pilu' and 'Sacred Evening - Raga Yaman'. Ali Khan, Sharon Isbin, Amaan Ali Bangash and...

  • Two from Sharon Isbin and Zoho Records are rare guitar pleasures | part-time audiophile
    Posted At: April 20, 2021

    part-time audiophile - MICHAEL PHILLIPS writes.....This isn't the first time I've seen a performer release two or more albums simultaneously–I still have my LP copies of Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons around here somewhere. It's also not surprising when the two albums are very different from each other–otherwise, why not just release a double album? B...

  • Sharon Isbin - Strings for Peace is lucid and a joy to the ears / NEW MUSIC BUFF
    Posted At: March 13, 2021

    NEW MUSIC BUFF - Alan J. Cronin writes......For this release, Isbin has chosen to follow the route originally pioneered by Yehudi Menuhin in exploring and collaborating with South Asian musicians. Menuhin helped introduce music from other cultures (we now call it "world music") to the western world. His recordings with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Alla Rahka were revelatory and instructive to thousands ...

  • The music on Sharon Isbin's 'Strings for Peace' has a joyous directness that comes from performers who have mastered their craft / New Music Buff
    Posted At: March 13, 2021

    New Music Buff's Allan J Cronin writes.....A quick look at Sharon Isbin's discography makes it clear that she embraces her instrument in all of its historical, cultural, and geographical guises. From baroque classical on to contemporary classical, from jazz to folk and troubadour traditions. She has had over 80 works written for her and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians and musical styl...

  • Sharon Isbin gives a sparkling, virtuoso account of Chris Brubeck's 'Affinity' / DEEP ROOTS
    Posted At: January 21, 2021

    AFFINITY: Chris Brubeck's Concerto for guitar and orchestra Affinity is a single-movement work in three sections: the first bright, jazzy and energetic; the second, based on a melody by his father, jazz great Dave Brubeck, mellow and Chopin-haunted; the third a whirling percussive dance infused with foot-tapping Brazilian and Middle Eastern vibes. Though Rodrigo isn't far away, either. Ably accompanied b...

  • Sharon Isbin - Strings for Peace not only pushes cultural musical barriers and stereotypes, but breaks them down entirely / DEEP ROOTS
    Posted At: January 21, 2021

    Innovative Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin has just released Strings for Peace, a new recording that not only pushes cultural musical barriers and stereotypes, but breaks them down entirely. Isbin is joined here by iconic sarod master, Amjad Ali Khan and his talented sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Noted drummer/tabla player Amit Kavthekar, adds his considerable talents to both the intensity and...

  • Sharon Isbin talks technique, collaboration, and guitar diplomacy with Montana Public Radio
    Posted At: January 19, 2021

    "the Monet of the classical guitar" Sharon Isbin, returns to Montana Public Radio's - Musician's Spotlight to talk technique, collaboration and guitar diplomacy with host John Floridis. Isbin's accomplishments involve big numbers: she has recorded more than 30 albums, premiered 80 new works by composers like John Corigliano, Joseph Schwantner and Lukas Foss, performed as a soloist with over 200 o...

  • Chris Brubeck's Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra feat. Sharon Isbin makes Central Coast Public Radio - Best of 2020
    Posted At: December 29, 2020

    The DJs at Central Coast Public Radio: KCBX clearly love to explore and enthusiastically share new music. Here are some of their picks for the top albums and songs of 2020. Craig Russell, host of KCBX In Concert selects; Chris Brubeck, "Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra" with guitar soloist Sharon Isbin and The Maryland Symphony Orchestra on Zoho, for his category top songs and w...

  • Sharon Isbin - Strings for Peace makes 'Audiophile Review - Best of 2020: All You Need Is Love and Music!
    Posted At: December 24, 2020

    Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin's new recording, Strings for Peace, with sarod master, Amjad Ali Khan, and his virtuoso sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, is a groundbreaking release steeped in the tradition of ragas and talas of North Indian classical music.  Available on the ZOHO label, it was recorded in New York following a successful joint 2019 ...

  • Sharon Isbin - Strings for Peace makes CUI: Best of 2020
    Posted At: December 10, 2020

    In these tumultuous times, the world needed music more than ever to capture the chaos of the news cycle and fill the silence of lonely quarantined weeks. What was initially a slew of delayed spring releases when the world shut down, turned into a landslide of fall projects from artists whose work reflected newfound creativity through themes of isolation, anger and hope. This year, the artists that on...

  • Sharon Isbin talks about 'Affinity' with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: December 8, 2020

    ZOHO recordings released 2 historic recordings this year, from the Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin. 'Strings for Peace,' with sarod master, Amjad Ali Khan, and his virtuoso sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and 'Affinity,' where Isbin performs multi-faceted and virtuosic new works for guitar, written for her by four leading composers. Fr...

  • Sharon Isbin discusses 'Affinity' and 'Strings for Peace' with Harmonious World Podcast
    Posted At: December 2, 2020

    Harmonious World Podcast host; Hilary Robertson interviews internationally-acclaimed guitarist Sharon Isbin. Sharon is one of the finest guitarist in the world and her two latest albums - Affinity and Strings for Peace - feature some stunning original compositions. Our chat over-ran our time slot, and we could have gone on for hours. On this historic ZOHO 'Affinity' release, the Grammy Award-...

  • Sharon Isbin's 'Affinity' is the 90.1WRTI Classical Album of the Week
    Posted At: November 30, 2020

    In his concerto for guitar and orchestra, Chris Brubeck pays homage to his father, the late jazz great Dave Brubeck. The pianist and composer, whose centennial we celebrate on December 6th, passed away in 2012. Brubeck's piece is the title track of our Classical Album of the Week. Guitarist Sharon Isbin's Affinity features music inspired by different cultures and genres, and has a personal story ...

  • Sharon Isbin Q&A's with jazz guitar Today
    Posted At: November 19, 2020

    Multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as "the pre-eminent guitarist of our time". She is the winner of Guitar Player magazine's "Best Classical Guitarist" award, and the Toronto and Madrid Queen Sofia competitions, and was the first guitarist ever to win the Munich Competition. She has appeared as soloist with over 170 orchestras and has given sold-out performances in th...

  • 'TIME IN' with Sharon Isbin on 90.1WRTI
    Posted At: October 16, 2020

    What is multiple Grammy-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin's response to everyone wearing masks to stay healthy?  "Welcome to my world!" she says. "I've been wearing an N95 mask for almost 20 years on every single airplane flight, and since doing that, I've never gotten sick from flying." In this 90.1WRTI: Philadelphia TIME IN interview, Sharon talks about navigating the pandemic w...

  • 90.9WGUC discusses 'Affinity' with Sharon Isbin
    Posted At: October 12, 2020

    In the Spring of 2020 guitarist Sharon Isbin released not one but two CDs simultaneously. One is called Strings For Peace and the other, Affinity. On Affinity, Sharon performs brand new works written specifically for her by four composers - Leo Brouwer, Tan Dun, Richard Danielpour and Chris Brubeck, the son of the legendary jazz man, Dave Brubeck. Dave Brubeck had a Cincinnati connection in the 1960s...

  • Sharon Isbin featured in Nov/Dec 'Acoustic Guitar'
    Posted At: October 12, 2020

    During a phone call from her New York City home, multi-Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin's voice reveals patience and acceptance regarding the situation imposed by the current pandemic that has kept her and every other touring artist out of concert halls. "I haven't traveled since the middle of February," Isbin says. "But I live a block from the river and can go jogging whenever I want, and t...

  • Sharon Isbin chats with 95.5KHFM
    Posted At: September 23, 2020

    Guitarist Sharon Isbin recently released her newest collection of diverse music entitled Affinty. On this historic ZOHO release, the  legendary guitarist performs multi-faceted and virtuosic new works for guitar, written for her by four leading composers. From the Africa-influenced El Decameron Negro by iconic Cuban guitarist/composer Leo Brouwer, through the Chinese and Spanish-inspired Seven Desir...

  • On 'Affinity,' Sharon Isbin combines Spanish, Latin and jazz-fusion with northern Indian classical music / O's Place Jazz Magazine
    Posted At: September 18, 2020

    Guitarist Sharon Isbin combines Spanish, Latin and jazz-fusion with Northern Indian classical music on Affinity. The music was written for her by several composers. Chris Brubeck's title track is performed with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elizabeth Schulze. It is our favorite, in stark contrast with Richard Danielpour's "Of Love and Longing" with pronounced vocals by Isabel Leonard....

  • 'Guitar Girl' mag Q&A's with Sharon Isbin on 'Affinity' and 'Strings for Peace'
    Posted At: September 13, 2020

    Sharon Isbin is a world-renowned guitarist with over thirty albums, three GRAMMY's, numerous other awards, and nearly a million sales. The Atlanta Journal called her "the Monet of classical guitar." She recently won the 2020 Musical America Worldwide Instrumentalist of the Year award-the first guitarist to receive this accolade in its 59-year history. In continuing with her signature versatility, Isbin r...

  • Sharon Isbin speaks with 90.9WRCJ about the meaning behind 'Affinty'
    Posted At: September 13, 2020

    Guitarist Sharon Isbin recently released her newest collection of diverse music entitled Affinty. On this historic ZOHO release, the  legendary guitarist performs multi-faceted and virtuosic new works for guitar, written for her by four leading composers. From the Africa-influenced El Decameron Negro by iconic Cuban guitarist/composer Leo Brouwer, through the Chinese and Spa...

  • Sharon Isbin's 2 new releases makes 'beyond criticism': summer's end recap'
    Posted At: September 7, 2020

    Let me not dwell on this most disorienting summer of all our lives except to say that I hope you're coming through. At Catch of the Day, we've been chugging along, chalking up many fine discoveries. On a discouraging note, Radio Free America shut down on August 15. Thus, the seven-day streaming option I just announced has abruptly ceased to exist. For the foreseeable future, "Catch of the Day" is...
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