Sharon Isbin
- January 4, 2024
- Guitarist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Sharon Isbin |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 7, 1956(1956-08-07) |
| Age | 68 |
| Birthplace | St. Louis Park |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Minnesota |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Sharon Isbin Biography
| Name | Sharon Isbin |
| Birthday | Aug 7 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | St. Louis Park |
| Home Town | Minnesota |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Sharon Isbin is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on August 7, 1956 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States. A Grammy Award winning classical guitarist who created the department of guitar at the Juilliard School. Juilliard School in 1989.
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Sharon Isbin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Katherine Isbin and Herbert S. Isbin, a nuclear scientist and professor at the University of Minnesota and author of Introductory Nuclear Reactor Theory (1963). She began her guitar studies at age nine with Aldo Minella in Varese, Italy, where her father had been hired as a consultant. She later studied with Jeffrey Van, Sophocles Papas, Andrés Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, Alirio Díaz, and for ten years with the noted keyboard artist and Bach scholar Rosalyn Tureck. Isbin collaborated with Tureck in preparing and recording landmark first performance editions of the Bach lute suites for guitar.
In 1989, she created the Master of Music degree, Graduate Diploma and Artist Diploma for classical guitar at the Juilliard School, making history by becoming their first guitar faculty and the founding director of the guitar department; she added the Bachelor of Music degree and Undergraduate Diploma to the program in 2007, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in 2018.
Her dad, Herbert, was a nuclear scientist.
Sharon Isbin Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Guitarist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sharon Isbin is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sharon Isbin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She earned both her Bachelor’s degree as well as her Master’s Music degree from Yale.
She was the only classical guitar player to be awarded an Grammy in the space of 28 years, after she was awarded the award for Best Instrumental Soloist for the record “Dreams of a World: Folk-Inspired Music for Guitar.”
Sharon Isbin (born August 7, 1956) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American classical guitarist and the founding director of the guitar department at the Juilliard School.
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On September 11, 2002, Isbin’s performance for the memorial tribute at Ground Zero was televised live throughout the world. Isbin features on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, which won four Academy Awards in 2007, including Best Picture, and on the Grammy nominated score soundtrack CD composed by Howard Shore.
Facts & Trivia
Sharon Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sharon Isbin celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.
She received a 2005 Latin Grammy nomination for “Best Classical Album” and a 2006 GLAAD Media Award nomination for “Outstanding Music Artist” for her disc with the New York Philharmonic of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and concertos by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce and Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos. This is the Philharmonic’s first-ever recording with guitar, and follows their Avery Fisher Hall performances in June 2004 with Sharon Isbin as their first guitar soloist in 26 years.
What nationality is Sharon Isbin?
American
What guitar does Sharon Isbin play?
Sharon’s “Le Sacrifice” Thomas Humphrey guitar. She performed on this instrument in her GRAMMY Award winning CD Journey to the New World (Sony). “My O’Leary guitar has a powerful projection, and a beautiful sound with rich, full, warm, clear trebles and excellent sustain.”
When was Sharon Isbin born?
August 7, 1956 (age 65 years)
How old is Sharon Isbin?
65 years (August 7, 1956)
Where was Sharon Isbin born?
St. Louis Park, MN