Sedona News – Chamber Music Sedona is excited to present the first concert of its 42nd season as it welcomes Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux to the stage on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3 p.m. Considered “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), Vieaux will perform a scintillating program for solo guitar, including works by Bach, Agustin Barrios, Pat Metheny and others. The concert will be held at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Ariz. 86336.
Described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation,” Jason Vieaux has cemented his reputation as an artist of brilliance and uncompromised mastery in appearances from New York’s Lincoln Center to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Seoul Arts Center. Sought-after for his extensive concerto repertoire, he has performed with a long list of orchestras, worked with several renowned conductors and has made premiere recordings with the Nashville Symphony (Leshnoff Concerto) and the Norrköping Symphony (Beal Six Sixteen).
Vieaux’s extensive discography includes his “Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin” released on Azica in 2022 to rave reviews for his “eloquent and vibrant performances” (Gramophone). Additional 2022 releases include “Shining Night” featuring his duo with acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers (Avie Records) and Michael Fine’s “Concierto del Luna” with flutist Alexa Still (Sony Classical), both enjoying strong critical acclaim. Vieaux recorded Pat Metheny’s “Four Paths of Light,” a solo work dedicated to him by Pat, for Metheny’s 2021 album “Road to the Sun.” Jason Vieaux won the 2014 Best Instrumental Classical Solo Grammy Award for “Play.”
A busy touring performer, Vieaux enjoys repeated invitations from distinguished series, including San Francisco Performances, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, as well as festival engagements that include Ravinia, Caramoor, Music@Menlo and many others. He also engages in ongoing performing and recording collaborations with the Escher String Quartet, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and other renowned artists.
In 2011, Vieaux co-founded the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music (with David Starobin). He has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music for 25 years, and his online Guitar School for Artistworks Inc. has hundreds of subscribers from all over the world. Vieaux plays a guitar by Gernot Wagner, 2013, made in Frankfurt. To learn more about Jason Vieaux, visit https://jasonvieaux.com.
For concert details and tickets, or to purchase subscriptions for Chamber Music Sedona’s 42nd season, visit https://chambermusicsedona.org.