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A number of Grammy winner Sharon Isbin will carry out the world premiere of Karen LeFrak’s Bailamos from her Miami Guitar Concerto with the National Symphony below the path of Enrico Lopez-Yañez on Sunday Sept 3 at 8pm on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. This free live performance may even embody works by Worth/Nonetheless, Ellington, Brahms, and Strauss amongst others.
The centerpiece of the live performance, LeFrak’s Bailamos (Spanish for “Let’s Dance”) is the title of the concerto’s first motion which attracts on the Guaguanco, (Gwag-wan’-ko), one of many many subgenres of the Cuban Rumba dance. The work pays homage to the musical heritage of Miami – a heritage infused with influences from Africa, Europe, and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Transporting the listener to Miami’s South Seashore, catchy melodies stream over a steady driving rhythm, with quick finger work from the guitar, inviting all to the dance.
Hailed as “the most effective guitarists on the planet” (Boston Globe) and celebrated as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time,” Sharon Isbin has been the soloist with over 200 orchestras, premiered over 80 works written for her by among the world’s best composers, and has given sold-out performances in celebrated halls throughout 40 international locations. Isbin, the 2020 Musical America Instrumentalist of the Yr, was inducted into the 2023 Guitar Basis of America Corridor of Fame and obtained their Inventive Achievement Award in June.
Latest highlights embody a 21-city Guitar Passions tour with jazz greats Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo, excursions with India’s legendary Amjad Ali Khan, a collaboration with Sting, triumphant performances with the Detroit, Montreal and National Symphonies, in addition to sold-out concert events on the Kennedy Middle, Kimmel Middle, and Carnegie Corridor. Different current tasks embody a quintet by Joseph Schwantner for Sharon and the Pacifica Quartet which they premiered in New York final fall: “The night was a triumph for Isbin as she debuted one more work and burnished her legacy of premieres of recent music by commemorated up to date composers.”
Isbin’s catalogue of over 35 albums has bought over one million copies and displays her exceptional versatility. Her newest world premiere recordings of works written for her embody: Affinity, that includes composers from three continents together with Chris Brubeck’s acclaimed guitar concerto, and Strings for Peace, an album within the custom of ragas of North Indian classical music with sarod grasp Amjad Ali Khan. Each groundbreaking releases vastly enrich main new repertoire for the guitar and have been named Better of 2020 by SiriusXM, NPR, and a number of media. Her current Souvenirs of Spain & Italy with the Pacifica Quartet debuted at #1 on Amazon and #2 on Billboard, her Grammy-winning Journey to the New World with visitor Joan Baez spent 63 consecutive weeks on prime Billboard charts, and her Latin Grammy nominated Rodrigo Aranjuez with the New York Philharmonic is their solely recording with guitar.
PBS specials embody the Billy Joel Gershwin Prize, and the acclaimed documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, seen by hundreds of thousands across the globe and winner of ASCAP’s Tv Broadcast Award. Troubadour paints the portrait of a trailblazing performer and trainer who over the course of her profession has damaged by way of quite a few boundaries to rise to the highest of a historically male-dominated subject. She directs guitar departments she created on the Aspen Music Pageant and The Juilliard Faculty.
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