Isaac Biver

Isaac Biver is a 20 year old Guitarist from Freeburg, Illinois, born in Pyongtaek, South Korea. He began his musical journey with guitar lessons around age 14 without any musical interests beforehand. Shortly after beginning lessons, he quickly became hooked and obsessed with the instrument. His previous interests all started to vanish as the guitar was becoming one of the biggest parts of his life. After taking lessons for about a year, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and in person lessons were no longer an option. Isaac soon discovered many Fingerstyle Guitar players and started emulating their styles via Youtube. This was the first major step in Isaac's progression in building real technique on the instrument and players like Sungha Jung became immensely important to his musical journey. 

After many, many hours of studying, practicing and obsession throughout the pandemic, Isaac discovered another musician that would become quite possibly the most important in his musical life, Chet Atkins. Around this time, Isaac was also starting to pick up some of his first solo gigs and through connections and friends, was starting to become more established in the music industry. 

Isaac's musical interests have only kept expanding. Later, he drew great interests in other styles like Blues Guitar. This was another major step in Isaac's versatility and development as a musician. He has now studied quite a bit of Blues and Jazz Guitar. Today, Isaac has enjoyed studying and deepening his musicianship and knowledge via many styles but has realized his passion for the art of solo guitar and polyphonic, fingerstyle playing. He is now diving into Classical Guitar and is continuing to see where his heart and passions take him.

Isaac's progression and journey as a musician has only continued to grow. He has been very fortunate to have performed with and have gotten to know many of the best musicians in the world through traveling, performing and achievements and has built many lifelong friendships through them. A few of Isaac's recognitions include being the 2023 International Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Guitar Grand Champion in both the Traditional & Junior categories, receiving the 2024 Horizon Award from the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame, receiving the 2024 Marton L. Carroll Classical Guitar Grant, receiving 2025 Thumbpicking Recording of the Year with his debut album "The First One" among other things. Isaac is also currently an All Star Artist with Alvarez Guitars. Isaac currently attends Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN studying music. Follow him on all social media platforms to see what he's up to, and where he'll be playing next!