Concerto Málaga with Guitarist Sharon Isbin

Their crowd-pleasing, fiery program blends Spanish and Baroque gems:

PROGRAM

Turina: La Oración del Torero Op. 34   

Malats: Impresiones de España No. 2, Serenata Española

J.L. Turina: Dos sonetos del amor oscuro (written for Concerto Málaga)

Usandizaga: Souvenir Op. 41  (Gil de Gálvez, violin solo)

Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D Major RV 93 (Sharon Isbin, guitar solo)

Boccherini : Grave – Fandango from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major G. 448 (Sharon Isbin, guitar solo) 

Granados:  Intermezzo from Goyescas Op. 11

Granados: Andaluza from Spanish Dances Op. 37, No. 5

Albéniz: Asturias

Albéniz: Suite española No. 1 Op. 47, No. I Granada 

Albéniz: Suite española No. 1 Op. 47, No. III Sevilla

Rodrigo: Dos miniaturas andaluzas: Preludio y Danza 

de Falla: Four Selections from El Amor Brujo arr. for strings

About Sharon Isbin
Hailed as the pre-eminent guitarist of our time, multiple GRAMMY winner Sharon Isbin was named Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist in their 59-year award history and inducted into the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America’s Hall of Fame. She has been soloist with over 200 orchestras, premiered nearly 100 works written for her by some of the world’s finest composers, and given sold-out performances in celebrated halls across 40 countries. Winner of the Munich ARD, Madrid and Toronto Competitions, Germany’s Echo Klassik, and Guitar Player’s Best Classical Guitarist awards, she performed in Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed, the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 GRAMMY Awards. The documentary seen by millions on PBS and abroad, Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, won ASCAP’s Television Broadcast Award.

Latest in her discography of over 40 recordings includes Romántico (2025), which debuted as SiriusXM’s Album of the Week, Live in Aspen (2024) with Amjad Ali Khan, and Affinity and Strings for Peace, both named Best of 2020. Other titles include Souvenirs of Spain & Italy with the Pacifica Quartet, her GRAMMY-winning Journey to the New World with guest Joan Baez, which spent 63 weeks on top Billboard charts, and her Latin GRAMMY-nominated disc with the New York Philharmonic, their only recording with guitar. Recent highlights include a commission for her by Carnegie Hall, a 21-city Guitar Passions tour with jazz greats Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo, and a collaboration with Sting. She is the founding director of guitar departments at The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival.