ARTIST PROFILES

Artist Profile: Ayano Ninomiya

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Now praised for her “deeply communicative and engrossing” performances (The New York Times), Ayano Ninomiya jokes that she started playing the violin because of peer pressure. “My public elementary school in Massachusetts offered string lessons starting in first grade, and I wanted to sign up because my friends were signing up,” she says. “Becoming a…

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Artist Profile: Jason Vieaux

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There’s no place like Kingston Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux is described as being “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” by Gramophone, and he’s been recognized as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation” by NPR. Celebrated now for his extensive concerto repertoire, Vieaux has loved music since he was young.…

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