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"New to the orchestra was Villa-Lobos' Guitar Concerto, which the legendary Andres Segovia premiered in 1956. Guitarist Vieaux excelled in its flamenco-style flourishes, ethereal high notes and spiraling passage work." [San Diego Symphony]
San Diego Union Tribune

"...guitarist Jason Vieaux [was] nimble-fingered in a Vivaldi Concerto that was remarkable for its variety of colors. His encore was a transcription of the first movement of a Bach Suite for Solo Cello."
Richard Dyer, Boston Globe

"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." David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2008

"Jason Vieaux displayed dexterity in rapid passages, and a plaintive, singing tone during slower, more expressive moments." [Villa-Lobos Concerto with the 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

"It would be hard to describe the beauty with which he played...It was no surprise to see the rapt audience clamouring for an encore with thunderous applause..."
The Sunday Dispatch
Kathmandu, Nepal

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

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Concerto Repertoire List

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un Gentilhombre

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Concerto for Guitar

Mario Castelnuovo -Tedesco (1895-1968): Concerto #1 for Guitar in D Major

Manuel Ponce (1886-1948): Concierto del Sur

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829): Concerto in A Major, Op. 30

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Concertos in D Major, A major, C Major, G Major

John Corigliano (1938-): "Troubadours" Concerto for Guitar

Fazil Say (1970-): Concerto for Guitar (Premiered by Mr. Vieaux 1999)

Leo Brouwer (1939-): Concerto Elegiaco #3

Samuel Adler (1928-): Concerto for Guitar

Allen Krantz: Songs of Innocence and Experience for Guitar and Orchestra

Augusta Read-Thomas (1964-): Concerto for Flute and Guitar

 

Jason Vieaux 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. Vieaux’s 2007 – 2008 season contains more than 50 engagement, and highlights include the world premiere of a guitar concerto by renowned composer Jerod Impichchaachaha' Tate with Minnesota Civic Orchestra, a Florida Orchestra debut, a “Carte Blanche” Series spot on the Music@Menlo Festival, and solo recitals in Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, St. Louis, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Jason Vieaux’s latest Azica solo CD, Images of Metheny, is a disc 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 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Cleveland’s Plain Dealer.

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.

Mr. 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. Jason Vieaux currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is Head of the Cleveland Institute of Music Guitar Department.

Programs: Jason Vieaux's programs for the 2008/2009 season include: The Spanish Spirit featuring common threads in the diverse music of Scarlatti, Sor, Merlin and Metheny; South American Sojourn, with violinist Soovin Kim -- a duo program with a South American focus including works of Piazzola, Barrios, Machado and more; Dream Travels, with flutist Gary Schocker -- now in their eighth season as a duo, Gary and Jason offer a set of evocative program music inspired by legends, dreams, and memory; and Inspired by Bach, featuring two major works of the master, and some by those he inspired.

 
"He announced the works to be performed from the stage and then attacked each one with a fine display of impressive technical skills.

Vieaux performed works by Bach, Sor and Albeniz, but the piece receiving the strongest response was by contemporary Argentinian composer Jose Luis Merlin. The six-part work, Suite del Recuerdo, was filled with catchy dance rhythms, fluttering dynamics and flashy riffs.

Ultimately, all of the best sounds on this night came from the stage."
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 2/22/03


Quick Facts:

Emerging as one of today's top classical guitarists, Jason Vieaux performs widely in the United States, Europe and the Far East. He has already amassed an impressive list of achievement...

• A top prize in the Naumburg International Competition
   

• A critically acclaimed pair of recordings that have sold over 40,000 copies worldwide
   

• AN appointment as Artistic Ambassador for the United States Information Agency
   

• National Public Radio Young Artist-in-Residence post
   

• First prize from the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition
   

• A new solo recording of works by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz on Azica Records

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• An appointment as Chair of the Cleveland Institute of Music's guitar department

For Booking Information, please contact:
Martha Woods at Jonathan Wentworth Associates
mjws@Jwentworth.com and 301-277-8205