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Jason Vieaux Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today's classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is the guitarist that goes beyond the classical. NPR describes Vieaux as, “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” His most recent solo album, Play, won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. In June 2014, NPR named “Zapateado” from the album as one of its “50 Favorite Songs of 2014 (So Far).” Vieaux has earned a reputation for putting his expressiveness and virtuosity at the service of a remarkably wide range of music, and his schedule of performing, teaching, and recording commitments is distinguished throughout the U.S. and abroad. His solo recitals have been a feature at every major guitar series in North America and at many of the important guitar festivals in Asia, Australia, Europe, and Mexico. Recent and future highlights include returns to the Caramoor Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and New York's 92Y, as well as his Ravinia Festival debut and performances at Argentina’s Teatro Colon and Oslo, Norway’s Classical Music Fest. Vieaux’s appearances for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Bard Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Strings Music Festival, Grand Teton, and many others have forged his reputation as a first-rate chamber musician and programmer. He collaborates in recitals this season with Escher Quartet, acclaimed harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, and accordion/bandoneón virtuoso Julien Labro. Vieaux’s passion for new music has fostered premieres of works by Dan Visconti, Vivian Fung, Keith Fitch, Kinan Abou-Afach, David Ludwig, Jerod Tate, Eric Sessler, José Luis Merlin and Gary Schocker. Jason Vieaux has performed as concerto soloist with nearly 100 orchestras, including Cleveland, Houston, Toronto, San Diego, Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Kitchener-Waterloo, Richmond, IRIS Chamber, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Chautauqua Festival, and New Hampshire Music Festival. Some of the conductors he has worked with include David Robertson, Donato Cabrera, Miguel Harth- Bedoya, Jahja Ling, Stefan Sanderling, Michael Stern, David Lockington, Steven Smith, and Edwin Outwater. During the 2016-2017 season, Jason Vieaux will make appearances with more than a dozen symphony orchestras throughout the US and Canada. These include return engagements with the Santa Fe and Edmonton Symphonies, an appearance with the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra with conductor Gerard Schwarz, and a Piazzolla Double Concerto with Julien Labro and the Arkansas Symphony. Vieaux will also be performing Dan Visconti’s new guitar concerto, Living Language, which he premiered with California Symphony in May 2016, with the symphonies of Reading, Fort Wayne, and Richmond. Vieaux continues to bring important repertoire alive in the recording studio as well. His latest album Together, with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, was released in January 2015. Of his Grammy-winning 2014 solo album Play, Soundboard Magazine writes, “If you ever want to give a friend a disc that will cement his or her love for the guitar, this is a perfect candidate,” while Premier Guitar claims, “You’d be hard pressed to find versions performed with more confidence, better tone, and a more complete understanding of the material.” Vieaux recently recorded Alberto Ginastera’s Sonata for Guitar Op. 47 for a Ginastera Centennial album produced by Yolanda Kondonassis, which will be released in fall 2016 on Oberlin Music. Vieaux’s album with bandoneonist Julien Labro will also be released in fall 2016 on Azica Records.
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Grammy-winnerJasonVieaux,“amongtheeliteoftoday'sclassicalguitarists”(Gramophone),istheguitaristthatgoesbeyondtheclassical.NPRdescribesVieauxas,“perhapsthemostpreciseandsoulfulclassicalguitaristofhisgeneration.”Hismostrecentsoloalbum,Play,wonthe2015GrammyAwardforBestClassicalInstrumentalSolo.InJune2014,NPRnamed“Zapateado”fromthealbumasoneofits“50FavoriteSongsof2014(SoFar).”Vieauxhasearnedareputationforputtinghisexpressivenessandvirtuosityattheserviceofaremarkablywiderangeofmusic,andhisscheduleofperforming,teaching,andrecordingcommitmentsisdistinguishedthroughouttheU.S.andabroad.HissolorecitalshavebeenafeatureateverymajorguitarseriesinNorthAmericaandatmanyoftheimportantguitarfestivalsinAsia,Australia,Europe,andMexico.RecentandfuturehighlightsincludereturnstotheCaramoorFestival,PhiladelphiaChamberMusicSociety,andNewYork's92Y,aswellashisRaviniaFestivaldebutandperformancesatArgentina’sTeatroColonandOslo,Norway’sClassicalMusicFest.Vieaux’sappearancesforChamberMusicSocietyofLincolnCenter,BardMusicFestival,Music@Menlo,StringsMusicFestival,GrandTeton,andmanyothershaveforgedhisreputationasafirst-ratechambermusicianandprogrammer.HecollaboratesinrecitalsthisseasonwithEscherQuartet,acclaimedharpistYolandaKondonassis,andaccordion/bandoneónvirtuosoJulienLabro.Vieaux’spassionfornewmusichasfosteredpremieresofworksbyDanVisconti,VivianFung,KeithFitch,KinanAbou-Afach,DavidLudwig,JerodTate,EricSessler,JoséLuisMerlinandGarySchocker.JasonVieauxhasperformedasconcertosoloistwithnearly100orchestras,includingCleveland,Houston,Toronto,SanDiego,Ft.Worth,Charlotte,Buffalo,GrandRapids,Kitchener-Waterloo,Richmond,IRISChamber,ChamberOrchestraofPhiladelphia,ChautauquaFestival,andNewHampshireMusicFestival.SomeoftheconductorshehasworkedwithincludeDavidRobertson,DonatoCabrera,MiguelHarth-Bedoya,JahjaLing,StefanSanderling,MichaelStern,DavidLockington,StevenSmith,andEdwinOutwater.Duringthe2016-2017season,JasonVieauxwillmakeappearanceswithmorethanadozensymphonyorchestrasthroughouttheUSandCanada.TheseincludereturnengagementswiththeSantaFeandEdmontonSymphonies,anappearancewiththeEasternMusicFestivalOrchestrawithconductorGerardSchwarz,andaPiazzollaDoubleConcertowithJulienLabroandtheArkansasSymphony.VieauxwillalsobeperformingDanVisconti’snewguitarconcerto,LivingLanguage,whichhepremieredwithCaliforniaSymphonyinMay2016,withthesymphoniesofReading,FortWayne,andRichmond.Vieauxcontinuestobringimportantrepertoirealiveintherecordingstudioaswell.HislatestalbumTogether,withharpistYolandaKondonassis,wasreleasedinJanuary2015.OfhisGrammy-winning2014soloalbumPlay,SoundboardMagazinewrites,“Ifyoueverwanttogiveafriendadiscthatwillcementhisorherlovefortheguitar,thisisaperfectcandidate,”whilePremierGuitarclaims,“You’dbehardpressedtofindversionsperformedwithmoreconfidence,bettertone,andamorecompleteunderstandingofthematerial.” VieauxrecentlyrecordedAlbertoGinastera’sSonataforGuitarOp.47foraGinasteraCentennialalbumproducedbyYolandaKondonassis,whichwillbereleasedinfall2016onOberlinMusic.Vieaux’salbumwithbandoneonistJulienLabrowillalsobereleasedinfall2016onAzicaRecords.
Vieaux’spreviouselevenalbumsincludearecordingofAstorPiazzolla’smusicwithJulienLabroandAFarCryChamberOrchestra;Bach:WorksforLute,Vol.1,whichhitNo.13onBillboard’sClassicalChartafteritsfirstweekandreceivedravereviewsbyGramophone,TheAbsoluteSound,andSoundboard;ImagesofMetheny,featuringmusicbyAmericanjazzlegendPatMetheny(whoafterhearingthislandmarkrecordingdeclared:“IamflatteredtobeincludedinJason'smusicalworld”);andSevilla:TheMusicofIsaacAlbeniz,whichmadeseveralTopTenliststheyearofitsrelease.Vieaux’salbumsandliveperformancesareregularlyheardonradioandinternetaroundtheworld,andhisworkisthesubjectoffeaturearticlesinprintandonlinearoundtheworld,includingsuchmagazinesasAcousticGuitar,MUSO,Gramophone,andonNPR’s“DeceptiveCadence.”VieauxwasthefirstclassicalmusiciantobefeaturedonNPR’spopular“TinyDesk”series,onwhichhemadeararerepeatperformancein2015withYolandaKondonassis.In2012,theJasonVieauxSchoolofClassicalGuitarwaslaunchedwithArtistWorksInc.,anunprecedentedtechnologicalinterfacethatprovidesone-on-oneonlinestudywithVieauxforguitarstudentsaroundtheworld.In2011,heco-foundedtheguitardepartmentatTheCurtisInstituteofMusic,andin2015wasinvitedtoinauguratetheguitarprogramattheEasternMusicFestival.VieauxhastaughtattheClevelandInstituteofMusicsince1997,headingtheguitardepartmentsince2001.VieauxisaffiliatedwithPhiladelphia’sAstralArtists.HisprimaryteacherswereJeremySparksandJohnHolmquist.In1992hewasawardedtheprestigiousGFAInternationalGuitarCompetitionFirstPrize,theevent’syoungestwinnerever.HeisalsohonoredwithaNaumburgFoundationtopprize,aClevelandInstituteofMusicAlumniAchievementAward,andaSalondiVirtuosiCareerGrant.In1995,VieauxwasanArtisticAmbassadoroftheU.S.toSoutheastAsia.JasonVieauxisrepresentedbyJonathanWentworthAssociates,Ltdandplaysa2013GernotWagnerguitar.Formoreinformation,visitwww.jasonvieaux.com.Acclaim"virtuosic,flamboyant,dashingand,sometimesineffablylyrical."–TheNewYorkTimes“...perhapsthemostpreciseandsoulfulclassicalguitaristofhisgeneration.”–NPR“…amongtheeliteoftoday’sclassicalguitarists.”–Gramophone“ClassicalguitaristJasonVieaux'snewrecordingPlayispartoftherevitalizedinterestintheclassicalguitar.”–TheHuffingtonPost“Hisslim,fat-free,forthrightsound[is]aclearvehicleforhisartisticintentions.”–ThePhiladelphiaInquirer
“...oneofAmerica'spremierguitarists...Vieaux'sperformancespunmagic.Rarelyhasasingleinstrumentsoclearlypaintedsuchcinematicvistasandsearchingintrospection.”–Fort-WorthStar-Telegram“asubstantiallygiftedguitaristwhoseplayingrevealedequalportionsofstylisticeleganceandtechnicalpolish.”–TheBaltimoreSun“Vieauxshowedwhyheisamongthemosttalentedguitaristsofhisgeneration,aplayerwhoseeffortlesstechniqueandfluiditygavetheconcertoasingingvoice.”–TampaTribune"Thisterrificguitarist,aPhiladelphiafavorite,workedwonderswithRodrigo'sConciertodeAranjuez...heplayedwitheleganceandfine-tunedprecision…amarvel."–ThePhiladelphiaInquirer“IhaveneverheardanyonewithVieaux’ssubtlety.Vieaux’sarticulationisfaultlessandmoreimportantly,itisendlesslyvaried.Andhehasatremendousdynamicrange.Justtohearhimplaysomethingsimple,likeascale,isadelight.”–TheBuffaloNews“Vieaux'stalentissohuge,andhasbeenapparentforsolong...HeisstillthemostaccomplishedguitaristIhaveheardwithmyownears,andthat'salistthatstartswithSegovia.”–AbsoluteSoundMediumBiography(506Words)Grammy-winnerJasonVieaux,“amongtheeliteoftoday'sclassicalguitarists”(Gramophone),istheguitaristthatgoesbeyondtheclassical.NPRdescribesVieauxas,“perhapsthemostpreciseandsoulfulclassicalguitaristofhisgeneration.”Hismostrecentsoloalbum,Play,wonthe2015GrammyAwardforBestClassicalInstrumentalSolo.InJune2014,NPRnamed“Zapateado”fromthealbumasoneofits“50FavoriteSongsof2014(SoFar).”Vieauxhasearnedareputationforputtinghisexpressivenessandvirtuosityattheserviceofaremarkablywiderangeofmusic,andhisscheduleofperforming,teaching,andrecordingcommitmentsisdistinguishedthroughouttheU.S.andabroad.HissolorecitalshavebeenafeatureateverymajorguitarseriesinNorthAmericaandatmanyoftheimportantinternationalfestivals.RecentandfuturehighlightsincludeperformancesattheCaramoorFestival,PhiladelphiaChamberMusicSociety,NewYork's92Y,RaviniaFestival,ChamberMusicSocietyofLincolnCenter,BardMusicFestival,Music@Menlo,StringsMusicFestival,GrandTeton,andmanyothers.Afirst-ratechambermusicianandprogrammer,hefrequentlycollaborateswithartistssuchastheEscherQuartet,harpistYolandaKondonassis,andaccordion/bandoneónvirtuosoJulienLabro.Vieaux’spassionfornewmusichasfosteredpremieresofworksbyDanVisconti,VivianFung,KeithFitch,KinanAbou-Afach,DavidLudwig,JerodTate,EricSessler,JoséLuisMerlinandGarySchocker.Hehasperformedasconcertosoloistwithnearly100orchestras,includingCleveland,California,Houston,Toronto,SanDiego,FortWorth,andBuffalo.Vieauxcontinuestobringimportantrepertoirealiveintherecordingstudioaswell.HislatestalbumTogether,withharpistYolandaKondonassis,wasreleasedinJanuary2015.Hispreviouselevenalbums
includearecordingofAstorPiazzolla’smusicwithJulienLabroandAFarCryChamberOrchestra,Bach:WorksforLute,Vol.1,ImagesofMetheny,andSevilla:TheMusicofIsaacAlbeniz.VieauxwasthefirstclassicalmusiciantobefeaturedonNPR’spopular“TinyDesk”series.VieauxrecentlyrecordedGinastera’sSonataforGuitarforaGinasteraCentennialalbumproducedbyKondonassis,whichwillbereleasedinfall2016onOberlinMusic.HisalbumwithbandoneonistJulienLabrowillalsobereleasedinfall2016onAzica.In2012,theJasonVieauxSchoolofClassicalGuitarwaslaunchedwithArtistWorksInc.,anunprecedentedtechnologicalinterfacethatprovidesone-on-oneonlinestudywithVieauxforguitarstudentsaroundtheworld.In2011,heco-foundedtheguitardepartmentatTheCurtisInstituteofMusic,andin2015wasinvitedtoinauguratetheguitarprogramattheEasternMusicFestival.VieauxhastaughtattheClevelandInstituteofMusicsince1997,headingtheguitardepartmentsince2001.VieauxisaffiliatedwithPhiladelphia’sAstralArtists.In1992hewasawardedtheprestigiousGFAInternationalGuitarCompetitionFirstPrize,theevent’syoungestwinnerever.HeisalsohonoredwithaNaumburgFoundationtopprize,aClevelandInstituteofMusicAlumniAchievementAward,andaSalondiVirtuosiCareerGrant.JasonVieauxisrepresentedbyJonathanWentworthAssociates,Ltdandplaysa2013GernotWagnerguitar.Formoreinformation,visitwww.jasonvieaux.com.ShortBiography(293Words)Grammy-winnerJasonVieaux,“perhapsthemostpreciseandsoulfulclassicalguitaristofhisgeneration”(NPR),istheguitaristthatgoesbeyondtheclassical.Hislatestsoloalbum,Play,wonthe2015GrammyforBestClassicalInstrumentalSolo.Vieauxhasearnedareputationforputtinghisexpressivenessandvirtuosityattheserviceofaremarkablywiderangeofmusic.RecentandfuturehighlightsincludeperformancesattheCaramoorFestival,PhiladelphiaChamberMusicSociety,RaviniaFestival,NewYork's92Y,ChamberMusicSocietyofLincolnCenter,BardMusicFestival,Music@Menlo,StringsMusicFestival,andmanyothers.Hehasperformedassoloistwithnearly100orchestrasandhispassionfornewmusichasfosteredpremieresbyDanVisconti,VivianFung,JoséLuisMerlin,andmore.Vieauxcontinuestobringimportantrepertoirealiveintherecordingstudioaswell,andhasreleasedthirteenalbums,mostrecentlyTogetherwithharpistYolandaKondonassis.VieauxrecentlyrecordedGinastera’sSonataforGuitarforaGinasteraCentennialalbumwhichwillbereleasedinfall2016onOberlinMusic.HisalbumwithbandoneonistJulienLabrowillbereleasedinfall2016onAzica.In2012,theJasonVieauxSchoolofClassicalGuitarwaslaunchedwithArtistWorksInc.,anunprecedentedtechnologicalinterfacethatprovidesone-on-oneonlinestudywithVieauxforguitarstudentsaroundtheworld.In2011,heco-foundedtheguitardepartmentatTheCurtisInstituteofMusic,andin2015wasinvitedtoinauguratetheguitarprogramattheEasternMusicFestival.VieauxhastaughtattheCleveland
InstituteofMusicsince1997,headingtheguitardepartmentsince2001.In1992hewastheyoungesteverwinneroftheGFAInternationalGuitarCompetition.VieauxwasthefirstclassicalmusiciantobefeaturedonNPR’s“TinyDesk”series.Formoreinformation,visitwww.jasonvieaux.com.
