Sharon Isbin Interview & Lesson on GuitarTV

GuitarTV traveled to New York City to interview the best classical guitarist we have ever heard. Head of The Juilliard School Guitar Department, international sensation, former student of Andres Segovia, -- we are talking about the one-and-only Sharon Isbin.
This in-depth 40 minutes interview with Sharon showcases various classical guitar playing techniques, tips and performance snippets from her latest release "Guitar Passions".
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[@jamesgardner7246]

Percussionist/jazz drum set musician who has been drawn to acoustic guitar for several years...Lady you just won me over, your lifetime fan... forever

[@ChrisIlia]

Thank you for the lesson. You are the greatest teacher I have ever seen !!

[@michaelstrickland6592]

Really enjoyed this interview. Such a lady! Thank you.

[@jimmyhood1860]

How wonderful! Thank you for sharing the fruit of your passionate labor with Classical Guitar and music! I am fairly new to the Classical Guitar world, your playing is sublimely beautiful.

[@TREEHUGGINSUCKER]

This lecture augmented with the guitar is fantastic, the beauty and articulation is overwhelming.

[@cheychey4300]

Sharon's contribution to the classical guitar is significant. She has inspired many young guitarists and shares her wonderful talent to bring music into the lives of many the world over through her brilliant performances and through her teaching.

[@RemunJ]

Thank you Sharon for sharing this. I sure enjoyed watching this. About a year ago I started learning classical guitar and because the lack of a teacher I'm actually watch a lot of professional guitarist on KZbin.

[@timdeco11]

great. Thanks Sharon Isbin

[@yong943]

Deeply appreciate your great teaching!

[@tomasemilio]

Sharon Isbin is a true breeze of fresh air in classical guitar. The combination of a great performer and a great instrument really shows how you can produce and play the same piece in so many different ways, I thought that was probably on the most relevant aspects of this video. Sharon, thank you for being a source of inspiration for my playing and I hope that at some point in my life I see you perform.

[@dustoff85]

Amazing thank U 4 what you do and all of your years of playing

[@Robertseye]

Hi Sharon!!! Wonderful!!!! So happy to see you and hear you. I go back to Manhattan School of Music days with you as my most inspirational teacher...many moons ago! Wishing you all the best in 2013 and beyond.

[@williequixote8073]

WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE..MY DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO STUDY FLAMENCO GUITAR WITH WORLD FAMED SPANIARD JUAN SERRANO AT FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE TREMOLO SHE LEARNED THERE FASCINATED ME..TRULY A TECHNIQUE OF A TRUE VIRTUOSO. WHAT IMPRESSED ME ABOUT SEÑOR SERRANO WAS HIS HUMILITY . TO DEDICATE HIS GOLDEN YEARS TEACHING AT A UNIVERSITY NOT REALLY RENOWNED FOR MUSIC.. HE HAD GAINED WORD FAME YET WAS SO DEDICATED TO THAT ART FORM HE TAUGHT TO ACTUALLY VERY COMMON FOLK. HE WAS IN 80s AND WAS STILL ABLE TO DANCE THAT ENERGETIC DANCE OF FLAMENCO ARTISTRY. AS YOU UNDOUBTEDLY CAN SEE I AM VERY PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER.. AS ANY FATHER WOULD BR..THANK YOU SHARON.. YOUR AT THE PINNACLE OF THE AMAZING ART OF THE GUITAR. CIAO È PACE PAOLO

[@Kittensandpuppies123]

True master!

[@rogerliu1182]

Very good,, thank you

[@BlueRIff63]

I saw Sharon with the Toledo symphony in 2003. She is terrific. The sound was amazing. I've always liked how she has always pushed the boundaries with new composers and her tireless promotion of the instrument's possibilities. Bravo Sharon!

[@michaelpagliaro9510]

To listen to you is inspiring to me to keep working with dedication on the instrument! I will loo forward to seeing and hearing you in April at the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society.

[@TaylorTaylorMusic]

I had the pleasure of watching you perform at MSU Wharton a year or so ago. You were AMAZING!!! Such an inspiration for me.

[@adamkoeppel4246]

I love your visual definitions on music. It adds a whole new level to music that I had never even realized. Thanks.

[@DocMarshall]

Wonderful lesson; you are a passionate teacher. It is easy to see that the lady and the guitar are one entity. Thank you!

[@bobsaturday4273]

playing well is one thing but understanding the music and giving it that life is the quality of a real master

[@JK-musick]

I really enjoyed this video Thank you

[@stellarrat]

She is amazing. I have nearly all her CDs. It was a dream of mine to actually see her live in my little town, but she actually came here! I was only 3 rows back dead center from the stage. Amazing, just amazing.

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

very impressive lady

[@promerops]

Quite my favourite classical guitarist. Her recording of Concierto de Aranjuez, Villa Lobos and Ponce concertos is remarkable. Sharon DOES have soul!

[@briancarr993]

Sharon, Great show at Bergen PAC Sunday 2/26/17. Enjoyed it.

[@robinjames29]

what a wonderful person and fantastic player and open to all musical genres

[@Michajeru]

I love this video. Sharon Isbin is truly great virtuoso of the guitar.

[@michaellucarelli]

Thank you.

[@scoobysnacks119]

you are so good inspired me, thankyou.

[@brbosi]

Really nice interview. Fantastic player.

[@MrDISCOVERY123]

Thanks for sharing !

[@Fancyfrost]

She is the best!!!! I love her playing.

[@beibeimiao2327]

Thanks you dear guitarist ....

[@binhcao5381]

Amazing.. thank you!

[@olaff121212]

thanks for sharing, she is great!!!

[@deejayci]

An amazing sensitive for music teacher --> awesome sound creation . All the best Deejay Ci Belgium

[@joanathascastro3742]

Grande professora !

[@nickrobinson2023]

Absolutely amazing! caught for words I am... The word master, never better used to describe a person, artist and guitar player.

[@abdullahsultuybek5684]

Wonderful lesson...thanks

[@writereducator]

An intelligent, articulate, and delightful teacher.

[@leohkr]

Amazingly clear what you Sharon, mean when you speak!

[@guitarricktrue]

This is truly amazing and inspiring!

[@MinhTran-ri8mr]

Talented guitarist, exellent teacher! Love you!

[@nikosz66]

Sharon, a big Thanks and Best Regards from Athens!

[@mojoma]

Very nice lesson, it's inspiring to hear about the improvisational qualities of Baroque music. I had no idea!

[@stefanos.2481]

You are awesome!

[@michaelprofita2878]

thank you 4 the lesson.

[@hammeon]

What I would give to have her as a teacher!!! Wonderful.

[@robinterkzer8128]

Wondrous ! xxxxxxx

[@nickrobinson2023]

If there is a right way to do it...this is surely the best of them all... :) I enjoyed it very much. Thanks :)

[@LincolnBradyguitar]

wonderful! bravo !!!

[@alan3809]

Can't wait to see you on Tuesday night in Hampton, VA

[@stevenzhang5643]

very nice.thank you u teach

[@learguitarnow]

This is spectacular !!!

[@HebaHosni]

She is graceful :)

[@valentinmartindelcampo4140]

Desde el fondo de un corazón que ama la guitarra !!! Muchas pero Muchas gracias !!! por compartir tu inmenso talento...Desde Guadalajára,Jalisco México uno mas de tus miles dee admiradores.

[@lungflogger9]

her body language while performing is extremely important, she is an "act". that is not an insult but a necessity. like a stage actress she must exhibit the emotion she is portraying as notated in the music in order to convey emotion to the audience and add in a bio-feedback way to her own technical translation of expression as demanded by the composition.

[@kundalinipsych]

Of all evaluations of classical guitar and music-making by people who really understand it, I will treasure these particular words of Sharon's: "You know what? This is even more exciting than sending insects into space."

[@sidneileite6378]

Tremolo a very interesting technique, I really liked the tips.

[@arfurlife]

not only an incredible guitarist and musician but a beautiful woman and such a classy wonderful person. yep, i m a big fan and have been for 35 years!

[@henancasey6216]

you are awesome, amazing

[@banjercat]

An incredible talent, and an incredible beauty....

[@RonyGalor]

You are AMAZING !!!!!!

[@kundalinipsych]

It's kind of weird but I seem to know the lady's discography better than she does! "Nightshade Rounds" was contemporary but *not* American -- it had some American eg. MacCombie and Tower but also Walton, Britten etc. The American one -- a real treasure of a disc -- was "American Landscapes", three modern concertos by American composers. Only writing this because -- well those are seriously good discs, both of them. The got a lot of play in my house. :)

[@donottawaguitar]

greetings from your newest fan ,

[@GuitarAlwaysChannel]

awesome

[@marcelarvea5469]

Corazón, mente y manos en la expresión del espíritu... realmente conmueve su guitarra y su personalidad...

[@some1mensch]

superb

[@bobsaturday4273]

I'd be more like the guitar player for Elvis but have always loved classical and flamenco , so thanx Sharon

[@anygv.9572]

Wuaw! Exelent

[@destartelima]

A beautiful woman and such beautiful way to play a guitar... it's heaven

[@johnbates6934]

I LOVE YOUUUU

[@cotoocho]

Pura vida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dphotos007]

She is very talented. What does she use to fix a broken nail? That is my problem. I only play as a hobby but in my line of work I am in contact with lots if Velcro and that is not a kind material when using with longer nails on my right playing hand so it is hard for me to keep my nails long.

[@SubscribeToMeOkful]

Perfect Technique

[@valsopuseight]

Asturias composed by Albeinz......"Many have attributed the first transcription for guitar to Francisco Tárrega who put it in its most recognizable key, E minor. According to guitarist and guitar scholar Stanley Yates, the first guitar transcription of the piece was probably by Severino García Fortea, although Andrés Segovia's transcription is the most famous and most influential."

[@teleKRIGISK]

OMFG! Awesome!

[@kennyjohnson8081]

My guitar teacher works at Juilliard, so there.

[@doutantl]

vey good

[@cidaliathibault2149]

Thank you so much Sharon; lovely. I am considering buying a new guitar; any suggestions? Yours has a beautiful sound.

[@steveb9325]

Did you get a new guitar? Luthier?

[@yomoimecabcel7252]

incroyablement sexy

[@hermithermitus6036]

Nice story Sharon :)

[@tat8690]

Sharon or anybody can tell me what is the technique and the name of the song starting at 3:40 ?

[@acere58]

Villalobos.

[@freddymuldoon]

It's a semi-complicated FREE STROKE pattern used when playing/practicing Villa-Lobs Etude #1 p-i-p-i-p-m-i-a-m-a-i-m-p-i-p-i

[@acere58]

acere58 Sorry! My mistake at 3:40 Villalobos Etude # 1

[@aladinnuspahic8132]

It's Heitor V. Lobos - Etude #1 e- minor :)

[@waldeirbotelho9894]

The song is: Etude No: 1 - Heitor Villa Lobos - Brazilian composer - 12 studies for guitar.

[@Elvis-guy1973]

It must be nice to have these opportunities in life.

[@jinyunx]

🌹

[@yokehuatgoh]

beautiful, wish you were my guitar teacher :)

[@batubar8613]

Whats the song at the beginning

[@eriobotrya]

batu bar Asturias, aka Leyenda, by Isaac Albeniz. Originally written for piano, so transcribed for guitar. Rated moderately difficult.

[@andreapisciali7523]

+batu bar recuerdos de la alhambra :)

[@The7nUp]

+batu bar Leyenda..

[@batubar8613]

Thanks :)

[@KevinK759]

+batu bar Asturias - Issac albeniz

[@PedroLopez-sx1zw]

Shallom. TODÁ RABÁ for this video and for this interview. I think that you are the best guitarrist in the world. I would like, one day in future to play 000,1% of that you play. It!s your guitar made by Stefan Kakos from Minnesota? May G-d bless you and sucess

[@TimTheMusicMan]

Wow, Smart, Sensual Talented and totally hot!!

[@gutmaciej3539]

Nice guitar...........

[@Mimeh53]

I wish you gave private lessons via Skype!!!

[@pablovigil1616]

GREAT/USEFUL NUANCES/TRICKS OF THE TRADE/ANECDOTES...A SCHOLAR/MUSICIAN/ATHLETE!!! FELIZ 2015,PAZ,SALUD....MAS MUSICA PARA TI,Pablo Vigil PS:HAPPY RUNNING/HIKING AS WELL.

[@harryo218]

you are greart!!

[@DeadlySinzzz]

was she using her little finger too?

[@DeadlySinzzz]

space walker I mean when playing with her right hand... ?

[@lawcch]

yes chico finger of her right hand. I do use it too in my scale playing

[@hoangnguyenvu132]

[@OuterMars666]

i wonder what she would sound like if she made metal

[@pierreb.9382]

Great?