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"...one of America's premier guitarists...Notes shone with different weights and
hues; melodies were alive and recalled the nuanced beauty of light reflecting
off a string of pearls...Vieaux's performance spun magic. Rarely has a single
instrument so clearly painted such cinematic vistas and searching
introspection."
Fort-Worth Star-Telegram
"Vieaux gave the Prelude, Fugue and Allegro (BWV 998) a stately, sharply
articulated and subtly driven reading,
in which the closing Allegro gradually took on the exciting qualities of a
perpetual-motion piece."
New York Times
"[a] spirited and
expressive guitarist"
The New Yorker
"a substantially gifted guitarist whose playing revealed equal portions of
stylistic elegance and technical polish."
Baltimore Sun
"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
"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
"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
"...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
"Vieaux
shows why he flies above crowded field of classical guitarists"
Buffalo News
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Audio: WGBH with Julien Labro
Video:
Isaac Albeniz: Sevilla
Video: J.S.
Bach BWV 998 Prelude
Video:
Isaac Albéniz Asturias
Video: Bach Behind the Scenes
Video:
Tárrega Capricho Arabe
Video:
J.S. Bach BWV 995 Allemande
Video:
Brouwer El Decameron Negro
Video:
Agustin Barrios Julia Florida
Video: Tiny Desk Concert (NPR)
Albeniz: Torre Bermeja
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above photo credit Tyler Boye
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Jason Vieaux,
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Philadelphia Inquirer 1/2013
Buffalo News 10/2012 (with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis)
Boston Musical Intelligencer 10/2012 (with Julien Labro, Bandoneon)
WGBH Drive-Time-Live 10/2012 (with Julien Labro, Bandoneon)
Santa Barbara News Press 5/2012
Cleveland Plain Dealer 4/2012 (with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis)
Buffalo News
12/2011 (with the Buffalo Philharmonic)
ClevelandClassical.com
5/2011 (with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis)
ClevelandClassical.com 1/2011
Cleveland Plain Dealer 1/2011
Boston Globe 12/2010 (with A Far Cry and Julien Labro)
*Related
Article: New CD with A Far Cry
News-Times 10/2010
(with the Escher String Quartet)
Fort-Worth Star Telegram/DFW.com 10/2010 (Fort Worth Symphony)
Ottawa Citizen Preview & Interview 9/2010
San Jose
Mercury News 8/2010
Fort-Worth Star Telegram/DFW.com 7/2010
Kalamazoo Gazette/mlive.com 7/2010
Baltimore Sun 12/09
Daily Gazette 11/09
Charlotte
Observer 10/09 (Charlotte Symphony)
Virginia Pilot 9/09
Kalamazoo Gazette 10/09
Absolute Sound 6/09
Gramophone
Magazine 5/09
Journal & Courier 4/28/09 (Lafayette Symphony)
Idaho Statesman 4/19/09 (Boise Philharmonic)
The Capital 4/3/09 (Annapolis Symphony)
Tampa
Tribune 3/29/09 (The Florida Orchestra)
Buffalo News 11/24/08 (Vivaldi Festival)
"Thanks to his supreme command of color, Vieaux’s performances of three works by
Albéniz were the highlight of the evening. The lilting transparency of Albeniz’
Mallorca brought to mind a brightly colored veil blowing in a gentle wind, and
the facile fingerwork, tang, and shifts of dynamics and shading in Torre Bermeja
were masterful. The beauty of Vieaux’s playing, which undulated with understated
elegance, brought forth smiles and cheers from the audience." (Music @ Menlo
Festival) TheClassicalReview.com [2010]
“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 [2008] "The
fine guitarist Jason Vieaux led off with his own "Five Songs in the Form
of a Baroque Suite," an arrangement of works by Johann Sebastian Bach
interspersed with songs by Pat Metheny, for acoustic guitar. The idea of
arranging Metheny's music in Baroque dance forms — here an allemande,
there a chaconne — is a clever one. Vieaux offered clear, clean,
sensitive playing throughout." St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Guitar Festival, 2008]
"Joined by Madrid-born guest conductor Pedro Halffter at the podium,
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 [The Florida
Orchestra, 2008]
"He followed the concerto with an encore, the popular Vivaldi lute
concerto slow movement that everyone knows. Again, what a moment. You
could see people draped over the balcony rails, sitting forward in their
seats, loving every note." The Buffalo News [2008]
"Vieaux's talent is so huge, and has been apparent for so long... He
is still the most accomplished guitarist I have heard with my own ears,
and that's a list that starts with Segovia." Absolute Sound
[2006]
"Jason Vieaux has arranged some of Metheny's most striking compositions
for his solo instrument -- and plays them with clarion beauty. The
resulting album is an inspired masterpiece,with appeal far beyond
classical and jazz listeners to virtually anyone who
loves music." The Star-Ledger [2005]
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