Jason Vieaux

Azica Records (2014)

Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux’s solo album Play won the 2015 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Released on Azica Records in January 2014, the album celebrates Jason Vieaux’s 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal audience favorites over the past two decades. The music includes showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz De La Maza, Tárrega’s classics Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Capricho Arabe, Vieaux’s own in-demand arrangement of Duke Ellington’s In A Sentimental Mood, and Andrew York’s popular Sunburst.

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Azica Records (2022)

“Electric guitar wizards such as Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen aren’t the only shredmasters who can melt your face with a killer solo. The classical guitar has its heavy hitters and virtuosic repertoire too – it’s all just a few decibels softer. Consider Jason Vieaux. The notes cascade in waterfalls, and in Vieaux’s immaculate, joyful performance you hear all of Bach’s interlocking voices, propelled by a steady beat and singing line. This is guitar playing at its most shred-worthy and satisfying.” —Tom Huizinga, NPR

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Azica Records (2003)

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“Vieaux’s mastery was an intellectual as well as musical triumph.”
San Francisco Classical Voice

“faultless delivery… even the arpeggiated chords resound as a solitary line.”
DownBeat

“Vieaux’s encore, a capriccio from his most recent recording, was a lesson in artistry, with his inflection on the guitar almost identical to that of the human voice.”
Columbus Dispatch

“The virtuosic Vieaux’s impeccable performance, warm stage presence, and winning smile telegraphed optimism to all in attendance that live music is moving toward a full comeback.”
Boston Musical Intelligencer

“…artfully done, with Segovia-like virtues: a multitude of colors, subtle dynamics, and long arcs of phrasing.” “So convincing was his ability to change color, you might have thought he had changed instruments if you weren’t looking”
ClevelandClassical.com

“Grammy-winning artists, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and guitarist Jason Vieaux, made a persuasive case for the continued vitality of the combination in a radiantly beautiful concert that featured music from three centuries and continents, presented by San Francisco Performances and the Omni Foundation.”
San Francisco Classical Voice

RECITAL PROGRAM 1:

MOREL: Danza Brasilera
Jason VIEAUX: “Tidal Pools”
BACH: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
Jason VIEAUX: “Home”
MANGORÉ: Waltz In G Major Op. 8 No. 4 in G major

Intermission

METHENY: “Four Paths of Light”
JOBIM/DYENS: “A Felicidade”
Jose Luis MERLIN: Suite del Recuerdo

RECITAL PROGRAM 2:
What a Wonderful World
This song-based program is anchored in the beauty and complexity of our world, weaving music and meaning into a vivid global tapestry. Jason will speak throughout the program to introduce pieces and their interwoven connections. A shorter version of this program without intermission is also available.

BUSTAMANTE/Morel: “Misionera”
JOBIM/arr. Dyens: “A Felicidade”
Jason VIEAUX: “Tidal Pools”
VIEAUX: “Gavotte en Limbo”
Yuquijiro YOCOH: Sakura Variations
BACH: Prelude and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998
Agustín BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Waltz in G Major, Op. 8, No. 4
ELLINGTON/arr. Vieaux: “In A Sentimental Mood”
Isaac ALBÉNIZ: “Asturias”

Intermission

Jorge MOREL: Danza Brasilera
VIEAUX: “Ellicottville Rondo”
VIEAUX: “Home”
Pat METHENY: “Four Paths of Light,” Part 1
BROUWER: Canción de Cuna
Francisco TÁRREGA: “Capricho Árabe”
Jose Luis MERLIN: “Joropo”
ARMSTRONG/arr. Vieaux: “What a Wonderful World”

Total run time is approximately 1hr 45min including speaking and a 20min intermission.
A shorter version of this program without intermission is also available.

Repertoire is subject to change. Programs must be approved by Artist. Contact the Curtis Institute of Music representatives below to confirm programs or request additional repertoire options.

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Bold selections are concertos of focus for the 2026-27 season. However, all concertos are available for consideration.

Samuel ADLER: Concerto for Guitar

Jeff BEAL: “Six Sixteen” for guitar and chamber orchestra

Leo BROUWER: Concerto Elegiaco No. 3

Leo BROUWER: Tres Danzas Concertantes for Guitar and String Orchestra

Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99

Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160

John CORIGLIANO: “Troubadours” Guitar Concerto

Avner DORMAN: “How To Love” for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra

FOSS: “American Landscapes” Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

Mauro GIULIANI: Concerto in A Major, Op. 30

Aaron Jay KERNIS: Concerto di “Dance Hits” for Guitar and Strings

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

Jonathan LESHNOFF: Guitar Concerto 

Jorge MOREL: Fantasia de la Danza

Jorge MOREL: Suite del Sur

Jorge MOREL: Concierto Rapsodico

PIAZZOLLA: Double Concerto for Bandoneon and Guitar

PIAZZOLLA: “Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires” (arr. Labro)

PONCE: Concierto del Sur

Bernard RANDS: Concerto for Guitar

Augusta READ-THOMAS: Concerto for Flute and Guitar

Joaquin RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez

Joaquin RODRIGO: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre

Joaquin RODRIGO: Concierto para una Fiesta

Joaquin RODRIGO: Concierto Madrigal

Fazil SAY: Concerto for Guitar

Roberto SIERRA: “Folias” Concerto

Mark Charles SMITH: “We’re all in this together” for Guitar and Chamber Orch.

Toru TAKEMITSU: “To the Edge of Dream” for Guitar and Orchestra

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TATE: “Nitoshi’ Imali” Concerto for Guitar and Orch.

VILLA-LOBOS: Concerto for Guitar

Dan VISCONTI: “Living Language” Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93 (arr. for guitar)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in A major, RV 82 (arr. for guitar)

VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425 (arr. for guitar)

Samuel ZYMAN: Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra

Additional concertos may be available upon request, in consultation with Curtis Artist Management (contact information below). Repertoire must be approved by Jason Vieaux.

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Two internationally acclaimed artists – violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and guitarist Jason Vieaux – join forces to perform a thrilling program of works from Piazzolla to a newly commissioned work by Mason Bates.

Program

STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne
Philip GLASS: New Chaconne
Mason BATES: [Duo Commissioned Work – 2026 premiere]

Intermission

Jose Luis MERLIN: Suite del Recuerdo
PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion
Arturo MARQUEZ: Danzon No.2

Repertoire is subject to change. Programs must be approved by Artist. Contact the Curtis Institute of Music representatives below to confirm programs.

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Collaborative performances of Jason Vieaux and Anne Akiko Meyers are booked in collaboration with Colbert Artists Management.

The Escher String Quartet has an international career on stage and in the recording studio. Championed by members of the Emerson String Quartet, the group was chosen as BBC New Generation Artists and has appeared at prestigious venues and festivals around the world. In addition to the program above with Jason Vieaux, the quintet offers an all-Italian concert of music by Boccherini, Respighi, Giuliani and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Program

Quartet selection TBD
BOCCHERINI: Mvt. IV, “Fandango,” from Quintet No. 4 in D major, G. 448
KERNIS: 100 Greatest Dance Hits
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

Alternative repertoire:

ASSAD: Utsey Capricci
BROUWER: Quintet
PIAZZOLLA: Selections from L’Histoire du Tango (violin & guitar)

Repertoire is subject to change. Programs must be approved by Artist. Contact the Curtis Institute of Music representatives below to confirm programs.

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Collaborative performances of Jason Vieaux and the Escher Quartet are booked in collaboration with Arts Management Group.

Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, whose portrayal of Kitty Oppenheimer with the Metropolitan Opera won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, joins Jason Vieaux for selected dates. They have collaborated at Music@Menlo and at the Kennedy Center, and this program focuses on music more naturally suited to the intimate and colorful magic of voice and guitar.

Sample Program

GRANADOS: Selections from Tonadillas
“La maja dolorosa No. 3”
“El tra-la-la y punteado”
“El mirar de la maja”
“El majo discreto”
Performed by Sasha Cooke and Jason Vieaux

ALBÉNIZ: Mallorca
ALBÉNIZ: Asturias
Performed by Jason Vieaux

COPLAND: Selections from Old American Songs
“Simple Gifts”
“At the River”
“Little Horses”

Trad. Spiritual/arr. Hogan: “Give Me Jesus”
Performed by Sasha Cooke and Jason Vieaux

Intermission

RODRIGO: Tres Canciones Españolas
Performed by Sasha Cooke and Jason Vieaux

Pat METHENY: Four Paths of Light, Part I
Performed by Jason Vieaux

Three American Songs
TILSON-THOMAS: “Not everyone thinks I’m Beautiful”
SONDHEIM: “Children Will Listen”
BERNSTEIN: “Somewhere” from West Side Story

Trad. Hawaiian/arr. Amy Hanaiali’i: Two Folk Songs
“Palehua”
“Wailana”
Performed by Sasha Cooke and Jason Vieaux

Repertoire is subject to change. Programs must be approved by Artist. Contact the Curtis Institute of Music representatives below to confirm programs.

Collaborative performances of Jason Vieaux and Sasha Cooke are booked in collaboration with IMG Artists.

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and Jason Vieaux, two of today’s most innovative recordings artists, join forces to present music of present and past. Hovhaness’ haunting Spirit of Trees, other original masterpieces, and new commissions explore the unique combined sonorities of harp and guitar. Featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Series and also on a critically acclaimed new CD Together.

Program

*Kinan ABOU-AFACH: Message in a Bottle (2016)
*Gary SCHOCKER: Spring Again
Alan HOVHANESS: Sonata for Harp and Guitar, “Spirit of Trees”

Intermission

*Philip MANEVAL: Visit to Vermont
Solo Harp TBA
Jason VIEAUX: “Tidal Pools”
Máximo Diego PUJOL: Suite Mágica

* new work for the duo 2026–2027

Acclaim

“when one combines artists the caliber of Vieaux and Ms. Kondonassis the results are beguiling.”
American Record Guide

“vivid colors and rich textures…truly innovative.”
SecondInversion.org

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Collaborative performances of Jason Vieaux and Yolanda Kondonassis are booked in collaboration with Colbert Artists Management.

Hailed as “a virtuoso” (New York Times) and an “exemplary soloist” (Gramophone Magazine), Timothy McAllister joins forces with renowned guitarist Jason Vieaux for duo recitals. Together they perform works ranging from Piazzolla’s “nuevo tango” work Histoire du Tango to a new work by Pierre Jalbert.

Sample Program

Andrew ZOHN: Humoresque and Dance (2007)
David CONTE: Soliloquy (1997)
Pat METHENY: Four Paths of Light (2021)
PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango (1985) (selections)
Stacy GARROP: Phoenix Rising (2016)
Pierre JALBERT: Sweet and Doleful Timbres (2021)

From the dance halls of Buenos Aires to the heat of Cuba, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux and internationally acclaimed bandoneonist and accordionist Julien Labro take the listener on a Latin-inspired journey through the works of Piazzolla, Gnattali, Brouwer, and others.

“Crossing genres and audiences is what these two do and do superbly…. underscored why being at a live concert can mean so much more than listening to a CD.”

— Boston Musical Intelligencer

Sample Program

PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango
Tears For Fears: Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Pat METHENY: Antonia
Radamés GNATALLI: Suite Retratos
Leo BROUWER: Tres Danzas Concertantes

Listen to Vieaux and Labro’s duo album Infusion on Spotify, Amazon Music, or Apple Music.

Celebrated cellist Zuill Bailey and Jason Vieaux have been praised for their synergy in duo performances. The two Grammy Award-winning artists perform a program of beloved works by composers including Schubert, de Falla, Villa Lobos, and John Williams.

Sample Program

GNATTALI: Sonata for Cello and Guitar
SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor (“Arpeggione”), D. 821

–intermission—

DE FALLA: Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
VILLA LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 “Aria”
John WILLIAMS: Theme from Schindler’s List
SAINT-SAENS: The Swan
PAGANINI: Variations on One String, “Moses” by Rossini

Performances of Jason Vieaux and Zuill Bailey are booked in collaboration with Colbert Artists Management.

Jason Vieaux and his former student JIJI, praised for her “mesmerizing” and “stirring” performances (Washington Post), join forces to perform an engaging and eclectic program of guitar duos and solos.

Sample Program

ALBÉNIZ: Asturias
PUJOL: Verde Alma
ARLEN: Over the Rainbow
DYENS: Tango en Skai
JIJI: Very Berry Strawberry
Performed by JIJI

BACH: Prelude, BMV 998
METHENY: Four Paths of Light
Performed by Jason Vieaux

–intermission–

SCARLATTI: Sonata in E Major, K. 380
GISMONTI: Agua e Vinho
GRANADOS: Valses Poéticos
WREMBEL: Bistro Fada
TOWNER: Duende
BELLINATI: Jongo
Performed by JIJI and Jason Vieaux

Concert Review from San Francisco Classical Voice

Performances of Jason Vieaux and JIJI are booked in collaboration with Kirshbaum Associates.