Guitarist Jason Vieaux has become one of the most prominent American players of his instrument, achieving both critical and popular success. He is also a teacher who was among the pioneers in using the Internet as an educational medium.
Vieaux was born in Buffalo, New York, on July 17, 1973. He started taking lessons there at age eight with Jeremy Sparks and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, for further work with John Holmquist at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Vieaux snared major recognition with a win in 1992 at the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition, be...