Concert Artists Guild honors Sharon Isbin this month with their prestigious Virtuoso Award. Past Winners include Ned Rorem, Paquito D'Rivera, and Eugenia Zuckerman. On June 25, a one-hour documentary on Sharon Isbin produced by Susan Dangel will receive its world premiere at the GFA convention in Louisville. For future updates re screenings and television broadcasts of the documentary, sign up for newsletter notices at http://sharonisbin.com and on Facebook and Twitter.

Public Television’s broadcast of Sharon Isbin’s live solo concert at the Portland Festival is now viewable in HD! Click here to watch the one-hour program:

http://bit.ly/UJ1ZsZ

The Washington Post gave Isbin a rave review of her recent solo recital in DC:

http://wapo.st/XSS3g4

Following her performances this season with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote: ‘Sharon Isbin is nearly a legend in the guitar scene. She created such a refined sound & elegant expression…As a guest of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO) in the Tonhalle, she played with exquisite colors & poetry, the guitaristic effects & dynamic layers were gorgeous.’

She was recently profiled in The Transcendental Meditation Magazine:

http://issue7.tmmagazine.org/monet-of-classical-guitar.html

and has been featured on the cover of over 45 magazines, including Gramophone and Fanfare:

http://www.sharonisbin.com/presscovers.html

Sharon is also dedicated to mentoring the next generation. Hear her remarkable Juilliard students featured in a broadcast this month on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase from their live concert at Juilliard:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/youngartists/2013/jun/05/

Included is 18yr-old sophomore Bokyung Byun who recently appeared on NPR’s nationally syndicated program "From the Top” – hear her performance at 11:50 in the NPR audio file:

http://www.fromthetop.org/content/show-270-athens-georgia