CLASSICAL GUITARIST JASON VIEAUX TO PERFORM AT BOISE STATE

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Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux, known for his virtuosity, expressive music-making and easygoing manner with audiences, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Morrison Center Recital Hall. Admission to the concert, sponsored by the Idaho Classical Guitar Society and the Boise State University Classical Guitar Society, is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Old Boise Guitar, 525 Main St. in Boise; by calling David Boehlke at 344-0258; or at the door.

Vieaux, currently the head of the Cleveland Institute of Music guitar department, gained international recognition in 1992 when he became the youngest first-prize winner in the history of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America international competition. As part of his prize-winning tour, he played to a full house of enthusiastic aficionados in Boise in 1993.  

Vieaux was chosen as a 2002 National Public Radio “Performance Today” Young Artist in Residence, which resulted in a week of solo classical guitar and chamber music performances on national radio.

Regarding Vieaux’s artistry, a reviewer for Gramophone (London) wrote, “There are many finger-perfect guitarists on tap, but those of Mr. Vieaux’s natural musicality are rare indeed. You just can’t program sensitivity of this kind.”  

Vieaux’s program will include “Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9” by Fernando Sor, “Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor” by J.S. Bach, “Sonatina Meridional” by Manuel Ponce, “Variations on a Moldavian Hora” by Ian Krouse, “Capricho Catalan” and “Sevilla” by Isaac Albeniz and “Suite del Recuerdo” by Jose Luis Merlin.

For more information, call the Boise State music department at 426-3980 or Boehlke at 344-0528.