Bach on the Guitar
Featuring Guitarists
Jason Vieaux and Colin Davin
(USA)
Solo Live Streamed Concert presented
by the
Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival
Saturday, November 14, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time
Jason Vieaux, guitar:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Adagio
Fuga (Allegro)
Siciliana
Presto
Colin Davin, guitar:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Allemanda
Corrente
Sarabanda
Giga
Ciaccona
Jason Vieaux, guitar:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet I and II
Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I and II
Gigue
A discussion with the artists will follow this concert.
Artists' Biographies:
Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux (USA),
“among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is the
guitarist that goes beyond the classical. Among his extensive
discography is the 2015 Grammy Award winning album for Best Classical
Instrumental Solo, “Play.”
Jason
Vieaux has performed as soloist with over one hundred orchestras and
has fostered premieres by Jonathan Leshnoff, Avner Dorman, Jeff Beal,
Dan Visconti, David Ludwig, Vivian Fung, and José Luis Merlin.
Performance highlights include the Caramoor Festival as
Artist-in-Residence, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colon,
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s 92Y, and Ravinia Festival.
Frequent chamber music collaborators include Escher Quartet, harpist
Yolanda Kondonassis, accordion/bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro, and
violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.
Vieaux’s
latest CD release is a performance of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Guitar
Concerto with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Naxos). He has two
upcoming releases on Azica Records: a new album with the Escher String
Quartet, featuring works by Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Aaron
Jay Kernis; as well as a new solo Bach album. Recent recordings include
Jeff Beal’s Six Sixteen Guitar Concerto with the Norrköping Symphony
Orchestra (BIS); “Infusion” (Azica) with Labro; Ginastera’s Guitar
Sonata, on “Ginastera: One Hundred” (Oberlin Music); and “Together”
(Azica) with Kondonassis.
In
2012, the Jason Vieaux School of Classical Guitar was launched with
ArtistWorks Inc., an interface that provides one-on-one online study
with Vieaux for guitar students around the world. Vieaux has taught at
the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1997, heading the guitar
department since 2001. In 2011, he co-founded the guitar department at
the Curtis Institute of Music. He has received a Naumburg Foundation top
prize, a Cleveland Institute of Music Distinguished Alumni Award, GFA
International Guitar Competition First Prize, and a Salon di Virtuosi
Career Grant. His primary teachers were Jeremy Sparks and John
Holmquist. Vieaux was the first classical musician to be featured on
NPR’s “Tiny Desk” series.
Artist’s website: jasonvieaux.com
Guitarist Colin Davin (USA) has earned top accolades in several major international competitions, and was a two-time prizewinner at the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall; Alice Tully Hall; the Metropolitan Museum of Art (on historic instruments from the museum’s collection); the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain; the Paris Conservatoire; and on The Late Show with David Letterman. He has taught lessons and master classes at various institutions, including The Juilliard School, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Mr. Davin maintains an active schedule as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, with a prominent focus on new works. Among his collaborators are the legendary soprano Jessye Norman, GRAMMY Award winning soprano Estelí Gomez, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Emily Levin.Recent highlights include concerto performances with the Aiken Symphony Orchestra and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; chamber music recitals with violinist Tessa Lark and cellist Edward Arron; and solo recitals across the United States.
Mr. Davin studied with Jason Vieaux at the Cleveland Institute of Music, William Kanengiser at the University of Southern California, and Sharon Isbin at The Juilliard School. He currently serves as Co-Head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Artist’s website: colindavin.com