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Gualala Arts and the Global Harmony Series Present
Grammy Winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux
Music of Spain, Latin America, J.S. Bach and Pat Metheny
Thank you for the support! Due to popular demand and keeping the venue at 50% capacity this event has sold out! Please remember to purchase your tickets in advance as to not be disappointed.
Gualala Arts and the Global Harmony Series Present Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, in a performance including Music of Spain, Latin America, J.S. Bach and Pat Metheny. The concert is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Gualala Arts. Advance tickets for this A special mid-week acoustic guitar event are available at Gualala Arts, the Dolphin Gallery, and at EventBrite.com. The concert is scheduled for our outdoor JAMI amphitheater tucked into the redwoods, but may be moved indoors to the Coleman Hall due to rain.
There’s high praise for Jason Vieaux. Gramophone declared him “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists,” has also been described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation”. Among his extensive discography is the 2015 Grammy-winning album for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, “Play”.
Recent performance highlights include debuts at the Domaine-Forget Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, as well as a return to San Francisco Performances (part of an annual Artist Residency), Caramoor Festival (as Artist-in-Residence), Ravinia, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Other recent venues include Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Wolf Trap, Seoul Arts Center and Shanghai Concert Hall. Jason Vieaux has performed as concerto soloist with over 100 orchestras, including Cleveland, Toronto, Houston, Nashville, San Diego, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
In March 2021, Jason Vieaux performed the premiere recording of a new solo guitar suite, “Four Points of Light” composed for Jason by jazz legend (and 20-time Grammy-winner) Pat Metheny for his new album Road To The Sun (BMG Modern). Also released on Naxos is the 2019 recording of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Guitar Concerto with Nashville Symphony.
Slated for Spring 2022 release is a new solo Bach recording on Azica. Of his Grammy-winning 2014 solo album “Play”, The Huffington Post declared that it is “part of the revitalized interest in the classical guitar.” Albums with Escher String Quartet and Yolanda Kondonassis are also in Vieaux’s recent Discography. Jason’s Aughts-era solo CDs of music by Bach, Albeniz and Metheny are influential records in music circles. Vieaux was the first classical musician guest on NPR’s popular “Tiny Desk” series in 2009, and he made a rare repeat performance in 2015 with Kondonassis.