Grammy Award-winning American classical guitarist who is the founding director of the guitar department at the Juilliard School. Isbin became the first classical guitarist to win a Grammy in 28 years after she won Best Instrumental Soloist in 2001 for her album “Dreams of a World: Folk-Inspired Music for Guitar.” She is also the author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, and is director of the Guitar Department at the Aspen Music Festival. Born on August 7, 1956 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, to parents Katherine Isbin and Herbert S. Isbin, she started her guitar studies at age 9 with Aldo Minella in Varese, Italy. She studied with Jeffrey Van, Oscar Ghiglia, Sophocles Papas, Andrés Segovia, Alirio Díaz, and for ten years with the noted keyboard artist and Bach scholar Rosalyn Tureck. Isbin received a B.A. cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music.
Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin Personal Details:
Date Of Birth: 7 August 1956
Birth Place: St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Birth Name: Sharon Isbin
Nickname: Sharon
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Occupation: Musician, Guitarist
Nationality: American
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Sharon Isbin Body Statistics:
Weight in Pounds: 121 lbs
Weight in Kilogram: 55 kg
Height in Feet: 5′ 7″
Height in Meters: 1.70 m
Body Build/Type: Slim
Body Measurements: Unknown
Breast Size: Unknown
Waist Size: Unknown
Hips Size: Unknown
Bra Size/Cup Size: Unknown
Feet/Shoe Size: 8 (US)
Dress Size: 4 (US)
Sharon Isbin Family Details:
Father: Herbert S. Isbin (Nuclear scientist and professor)
Mother: Katherine Isbin
Spouse/Husband: Not disclosed
Children: Not disclosed
Siblings: Unknown
Sharon Isbin Education:
St. Louis Park High School
Trumbull College
Yale University
Yale School of Music
Sharon Isbin Facts:
*She was born on August 7, 1956 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.
*Her father, Herbert S. Isbin, was a nuclear scientist and professor at the University of Minnesota and author of Introductory Nuclear Reactor Theory (1963).
*She started her guitar studies at age 9 with Aldo Minella in Varese, Italy.
*She started practicing Transcendental Meditation at age seventeen.
*She founded the guitar department at the prestigious Juilliard School in 1989.
*She has had the honor of performing for the Obama family at the White House in 2009.
*Visit her official website: www.sharonisbin.com
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