"a substantially gifted guitarist whose playing revealed equal portions of stylistic elegance and technical polish."
Baltimore Sun

"Vieaux opened ears with his rhythmic clarity and remarkable left-hand facility....He made the single guitar seem like a body of instruments at work in music full of the emotion of loss."
The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Jason Vieaux [was] nimble-fingered in a Vivaldi Concerto that was remarkable for its variety of colors."
Boston Globe

"Guitarist Vieaux excelled in its flamenco-style flourishes, ethereal high notes and spiraling passage work." [Villa-Lobos, San Diego Symphony]
San Diego Union Tribune

"Vieaux gave a cleanly played performance full of personality. This gentle concerto (it was a favorite of Mata's) gave the soloist plenty of opportunities to display his technical skill."
Fort-Worth Star Telegram/DFW.com

"His sense of colour, phrase shaping and beautifully expressive dynamics are remarkable. It is not easy, especially in a long fugue, to keep the listener with you...the playing displays consummate artistry"
MusicWeb-International.com

"Vieaux showed why he is among the most talented guitarists of his generation, a player whose effortless technique and fluidity gave the concerto a singing voice."
Tampa Tribune

"Allen Krantz's guitar concerto Songs of Innocence and Experience filtered Pacific Rim musics through Krantz's own American lens in a work so affable that with a charismatic interpreter like Jason Vieaux, it's bound to become standard guitar concerto repertoire."
Philadelphia Inquirer

"Jason Vieaux displayed dexterity in rapid passages, and a plaintive, singing tone during slower, more expressive moments."
[Villa-Lobos, San Diego Symphony]
San Diego.com

"The first thing one notices is his consummate technique, with a virtually flawless left hand and an almost total absence of the glistening sound of sliding fingers during position change. The technique is so secure that after five minutes one forgets about it and pays attention to matters of interpretation."
Buffalo News

"Vieaux lit into Jose Luis Merlin's "Suite del Recuerdo." His smooth phrasing and the dramatic pulsing swells he created on the low strings made this a tough act to follow."
The Washington Post

"...close to perfection...with a maturity, confidence, emotion and virtuosity which belie his youth..."
Soundboard Magazine

"Vieaux was first-class. One movement on Ponce's concierto del sur made me want to hear more of his work, such was the range of sounds he drew from his instrument."
New Zealand Herald

"Jason Vieaux has magic in his fingers... Vieaux gave an inspired and impeccably prepared recital before a large audience."
The Daily Gazette

"Vieaux shows why he flies above crowded field of classical guitarists" Buffalo News

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"Vieaux is a guitar hero of a different kind....Vieaux has technique to spare, but also brings to bear passion and flair. And he only has two hands, though it frequently sounds like more”.
San Antonio Express, October 2011

Jason Vieaux, one of "the youngest stars of the guitar world" (New York Times) is expanding the definition of the classical guitarist and changing the face of guitar programming, building a devoted audience and fan base along the way. His reputation for putting his expressive gifts and virtuosity at the service of the music produces an active schedule of solo, chamber and concerto appearances around the US and abroad.

Jason’s current recital programming features sets of Spanish pieces from his forthcoming CD, as well as works of J.S. Bach, Pat Metheny, Dan Visconti, and Benjamin Britten (Nocturnal After John Dowland), in celebration of the Centennial of Britten’s birth.

His current touring season includes a return to New York to appear with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a recital at the Caramoor Festival; concerto performances with the symphonies of Houston, Richmond, Buffalo, Fort Wayne, Amarillo, Elgin and Santa Barbara, among others; return engagements for the Peninsula Festival, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the guitar festivals of Hartford and Fort Worth, the Museum in St. Petersburg; collaborative performances with the Escher String Quartet, with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and with flutist Gary Schocker; and national tours with the elite Curtis on Tour program.

Vieaux's recent seasons have included New York engagements Lincoln Center Series debut, as well as appearances in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Toronto and Los Angeles. He performed the Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez with the Charlotte Symphony, continuing his string of concerto performances that include his premiere of the guitar concerto by renowned composer Jerod Impichchaachaha' Tate (“Nitoshi Imali”). Other recent engagements include a Florida Orchestra debut, a “Carte Blanche” Series spot on the Music@Menlo Festival, and solo recitals in New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, St. Louis, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Vieaux performs regularly as concerto soloist, working with such conductors as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jahja Ling, Stefan Sanderling and Alasdair Neale. He has toured Europe, Mexico, South America, Southeast Asia, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand.

Vieaux's latest CD is an all-Piazzolla recording with bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro and A Far Cry chamber orchestra. Slated for release in October 2011, the Piazzolla CD follows his Bach: Volume I Works for Lute which hit #13 on the Billboard Classical Music Chart the first week of its release. Also on the Azica label, Images of Metheny is a disc of Vieaux's masterly re-creations of music by Pat Metheny, the American jazz guitarist/composer. Metheny, after listening to this landmark recording, declared: "I am flattered to be included in Jason's musical world”. Among his other CDs, Sevilla: The Music of Isaac Albeniz, was rated one of the Top Ten Classical CDs of 2003 by both The Philadelphia Inquirer and Cleveland’s Plain Dealer.

Current tour programs include e/Merge which celebrates the ways music and ideas emerge from the work of past masters. Jason offers two e/Merge solo programs for the coming season: a Greatest Hits of the Guitar program to celebrate the release of his 2013 solo CD which features favorites from Spain and Latin America, and Nocturnal, a program celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Benjamin Britten and the 50th Anniversary of “Nocturnal, Op. 70”. In addition, Jason's collaborative programs include Viva Italia!  a collaboration with the Escher String Quartet exploring the folk inflluence on composers from Boccherini to Bartok and Piazzolla; and Dream Travels, with flutist Gary Schocker is a set of evocative program music inspired by legends, dreams, and memory.

Jason Vieaux began guitar studies at age eight with Jeremy Sparks in Buffalo, and continued at The Cleveland Institute of Music with John Holmquist. He is the youngest First Prize winner in the history of the GFA International Guitar Competition, a Naumburg Foundation prizewinner, and a recipient of The Cleveland Institute of Music's Alumni Achievement Award.

A highly sought-after teacher who is head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Vieaux also serves on the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music. In 2011, Jason and fellow guitarist David Starobin launched the new classical guitar department for Curtis, its first new program in two decades.

† The Escher Quartet appears by arrangement with Arts Management Group www.artsmg.com