The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) presents Sharon Isbin, guitar at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128, on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $45 in-person and $25 to livestream and are available at https://www.92ny.org/event/sharon-isbin-guitar.

“[Isbin brings] nuances out of the classical guitar few guitarists since Segovia have matched.”
– Chicago Tribune

“one of the best guitarists in the world” – Boston Globe

Multi-Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin is a guitar legend and a pioneer in shaping the legacy of her instrument. She returns to 92NY – where she has been essential to the art of the guitar for four decades – with music born of personal passions, repertoire-expanding works composed for her, and guitar classics she has made her own. Central to the program is John Duarte’s moving Joan Baez Suite – written for Isbin and inspired by songs associated with one of her musical heroes, including “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “Barbara Allen” and others. The work appears on Isbin’s Grammy-winning Journey to the New World, which features Baez on two tracks. “Sharon’s exquisite playing allowed me to revisit and fall in love with these songs all over again,” says Baez.

Isbin’s virtuosity is on brilliant display in works written for her by Tan Dun and Bruce MacCombie, which push the guitar to new realms, and in homage to Spain’s pivotal role in the American Revolution, the full range of her artistry is showcased in works by Enrique Granados, Francisco Tárrega, and Paraguayan guitar master Agustín Barrios. A banquet of music and artistry for guitar lovers.

CELEBRATING AMERICA AT 250

ENRIQUE GRANADOS Danza española No. 5 (Andaluza) (trans. M. Llobet)

FRANCISCO TÁRREGA Capricho árabe

BRUCE MACCOMBIE Nightshade Rounds

TAN DUN Seven Desires for Guitar

AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ La Catedral

JOHN DUARTE Joan Baez Suite, Op. 144

ANDREW YORK Andecy

BARRIOS MANGORÉ Julia Florida

BARRIOS MANGORÉ Waltz, Op. 8, No. 4