Jason Vieaux

Fri., April 26, 2019

 

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 and earned a place on NPR’s “50 Favorite Songs of 2014 (So Far)” for Vieaux’s recording of “Zapateado.”

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. (continue…)

Program:

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonata in D minor Op. 5 No. 12, La Folia
arr. Andy Poxon 2019 (guitar/violin)

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Metamorphosis II
arr. Michael Riesman for Anne Akiko Meyers (guitar/violin)

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Histoire du Tango
arr. Dmitriy Varelas, 2005 (guitar/violin)

~ intermission ~

Jakub Ciupinski (b. 1981)
Edo Lullaby (violin)

Rentarō Taki (1879-1903)
Kōjō no Tsuki (“The Moon over the Ruined Castle”)
arr. Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)

Antônio Carlos Jobím (1927-1994)
A Felicidade (guitar)

John Corigliano (b. 1938)
Lullaby for Natalie (2010) (guitar/violin)

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Suite Populaire Espagnole (guitar/violin)
arr. For guitar by Emilio Pujol
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Cancion
Polo

Contact:

jvieaux@gmail.com