Chamber Music Festival Welcomes Grammy Winner Sharon Isbin and Pacifica Quartet – January 19

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Once again, the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival brings world-class performers to Amelia Island. Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, recognized at the 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, will appear at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m. The concert will take place at the Amelia Island Plantation Chapel.

Hailed as “one of the best guitarists in the world” (Boston Globe) and celebrated as "the preeminent guitarist of our time," Isbin has been a soloist with over 200 orchestras, premiered over 80 works written for her by some of the world's finest composers, and has given sold-out performances in celebrated halls across 40 countries.

Isbin's catalog of over 35 albums has sold over a million copies. Highlights include her Grammy-winning "Journey to the New World," which spent 63 consecutive weeks on the top Billboard charts. Isbin's newest album, "Live in Aspen," with India's legendary Sarod master

Amjad Ali Khan was released last summer to rave reviews. She has appeared in PBS specials, including "Sharon Isbin: Troubadour," which paints the portrait of a trailblazing performer and teacher who, throughout her career, has broken barriers to rise to the top of the traditionally male-dominated field. She directs guitar departments she created at the Aspen Music Festival and The Julliard School.

Founded in 1994, The Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music's top competitions, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. With its powerful energy and captivating, cohesive sound, the Pacifica has established itself as the embodiment of the senior American quartet sound. In 2002, the ensemble was honored with Chamber Music America's Cleveland Quartet Award and appointed to the Lincoln Center's Bower Program, among many other recognitions. An ardent advocate of contemporary music, the Pacifica Quartet commissions and performs new works. In 2008, the Quartet released its Grammy Award-winning recording of Carter's Quartets. The Quartet gets rave reviews, "The playing is nothing short of phenomenal,” Daily Telegraph, London.

Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet
Sunday, January 19 at 5 p.m.
Amelia Plantation Chapel, 36 Bowman Road

Tickets are $60, $15 for students – www.AICMF.org