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Guitarist Sharon Isbin, soloist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra this weekend, will visit informally with 糖心Vlog传媒LR students and faculty at 12:15 p.m. Friday at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Fine Arts Building. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, Isbin has been hailed as, 鈥渢he pre-eminent guitarist of our time.鈥� The multiple Grammy Award winner is also the winner of Guitar Player magazine鈥檚 鈥淏est Classical Guitarist鈥� award, the Madrid Queen Sofia and Toronto Competitions, and was the first guitarist ever to win the Munich Competition. She has given sold-out performances throughout the world in the greatest halls including New York鈥檚 Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, Boston鈥檚 Symphony Hall, Washington D.C.鈥檚 Kennedy Center, London鈥檚 Barbican and Wigmore Halls, Amsterdam鈥檚 Concertgebouw, Paris鈥� Ch芒telet, Vienna鈥檚 Musikverein, Munich鈥檚 Herkulessaal, Madrid鈥檚 Teatro Real, and many others. She has served as Artistic Director/Soloist of festivals she created for Carnegie Hall and the Ordway Music Theatre in St. Paul, her own series at New York鈥檚 92nd Street YMCA, and the acclaimed national radio series Guitarjam. She is a frequent guest on national radio programs including 鈥淎ll Things Considered鈥� and Garrison Keillor鈥檚 鈥淎 Prairie Home Companion.鈥� Isbin鈥檚 catalogue of over 25 recordings — from baroque, Spanish/Latin, and 20th century to crossover and jazz-fusion — reflects remarkable versatility. Recently signed to Sony Masterworks as an exclusive recording artist, her 2010 Grammy Award winning CD,鈥� includes guests Joan Baez in songs, and Mark O鈥機onnor in the world premiere of his folk-inspired suite for violin and guitar. Isbin performs 60 to 100 concerts a season, and recent highlights have included tours with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Tonk眉nstler Orchestra throughout Austria including Vienna鈥檚 Musikverein, recitals in New York鈥檚 92nd St. Y and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; a week of concerto and recital performances presented by the Th茅芒tre du Ch芒telet in Paris, and as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, Filarmonica Toscanini in Milan, and the 2009 MIDEM Classical Awards in Cannes. Ms. Isbin has appeared as soloist with over 160 orchestras, including in the United States the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Baltimore, Detroit, Nashville, Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, St. Louis, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Utah, Memphis and Honolulu Symphonies, the Rochester, Brooklyn and Buffalo Philharmonics, as well as the St. Paul, New York and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras.