Jason Vieaux
GRAMMY Award winning guitarist Jason Vieaux is internationally recognized for his virtuosity and expressive artistry. From New York’s Lincoln Center to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw to the Seoul Arts Center, Vieaux’s performances are celebrated as “virtuosic, flamboyant, dashing, and sometimes ineffably lyrical” (New York Times), cementing his place “among the elite of today's classical guitarists” (Gramophone).
A sought-after soloist, he has appeared with leading orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Nashville Symphony. He has collaborated with preeminent conductors such as Giancarlo Guerrero, Jahja Ling, and David Robertson. A frequent recitalist and chamber musician, he performs regularly on distinguished series including San Francisco Performances, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the 92nd Street Y, New York, as well as festivals such as Ravinia, Caramoor, Domaine-Forget, Music@Menlo, Round Top, and the Eastern Music Festival. His international appearances include Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Seoul Arts Center, Shanghai Concert Hall, Sala São Paulo, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
An in-demand collaborator, Vieaux frequently performs with the Escher String Quartet, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, accordion and bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro, and saxophonist Timothy McAllister. He has premiered works by Jeff Beal, Avner Dorman, Vivian Fung, Pierre Jalbert, Jonathan Leshnoff, David Ludwig, and Mark Mancina, among others.
Vieaux’s extensive discography includes his GRAMMY Award winning album Play (Azica Records, 2014), which the Huffington Post called “part of the revitalized interest in the classical guitar.” His performance was acclaimed by Gramophone as “eloquent and vibrant” in Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin (Azica Records, 2022). He recorded Shining Night (Avie Records, 2022) with celebrated violinist and frequent collaborator Anne Akiko Meyers, and he was featured in Pat Metheny’s album Road to the Sun (Modern Records, 2021), which includes Metheny’s solo guitar composition “Four Paths of Light,” written for and dedicated to Vieaux. Also a composer, Vieaux has recently recorded an album of all original compositions for solo guitar, Gratitude, to be released in early 2026 by Azica Records. His orchestral recordings include Jonathan Leshnoff’s Concerto for Guitar, recorded with the Nashville Symphony, and Jeff Beal’s Six Sixteen, recorded with the Norrköping Symphony.
Vieaux is on the faculty of Curtis Institute of Music, where he co-founded the guitar department in 2011, and Cleveland Institute of Music, where he has taught for over 25 years. His popular online guitar school through ArtistWorks attracts students from around the world.
Vieaux performs on a guitar made by Gernot Wagner in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2013. He is represented worldwide by Curtis Artist Management at Curtis Institute of Music.