Gabriel Vicéns
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gabriel Vicéns
| image = File:Vicéns performing at the SFJAZZ Center.png
| caption = Vicéns performing at the SFJAZZ Center, 2018
| landscape = yes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|03|16}}
| birth_place = Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active = 2005–present
| genre = Jazz, Experimental, Classical
| occupation = Musician
| label = Inner Circle Music{{cite web|url=http://innercirclemusic.com/Gabriel-Vicens.html|title=Gabriel Vicéns|website=innercirclemusic.com|access-date=November 29, 2017}}
Setola di Maiale{{cite web|url=http://www.setoladimaiale.net/catalogue/view/SM4180|title=No Base Trio (Gabriel Vicéns, Jonathan Suazo, Leonardo Osuna)|website=www.setoladimaiale.net|access-date=September 9, 2021}} Stradivarius{{cite web|url=https://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157037292500|title=Gabriel Vicéns - Mural|website=www.stradivarius.it|access-date=February 22, 2024}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|www.gabrielvicens.com}}
}}
Gabriel Vicéns (born March 16, 1988) is a Puerto Rican guitarist, composer, producer, bandleader, educator, and visual artist currently based in New York City.{{cite web |url=http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/gabrielvicens |title=Gabriel Vicéns|work=All About Jazz |access-date=2015-09-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908103642/http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/gabrielvicens |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}
Early life and education
Born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Vicéns began his musical training at the age of 14, and shortly after, he began playing jazz in local clubs. He attended the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Caribbean Music studies, graduating summa cum laude as the first guitarist in the program in 2010.{{cite web|url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/gabriel-vicens-puerto-rican-jazz-guitar-gabriel-vicens-by-mark-sullivan|title = Gabriel Vicéns: Puerto Rican Jazz Guitar - All About Jazz|first=Mark|last=Sullivan|date = November 14, 2015|access-date=September 9, 2023}} Later on, in 2016, he moved to New York City and attended Queens College, receiving a Master of Music in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/gabriel-vicens-a-growing-voice-in-jazz-gabriel-vicens|title=Gabriel Vicéns: A Growing Voice In Jazz|website=All About Jazz|first=R.J.|last=DeLuke|date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2021}} Between 2019 and 2021, Vicéns studied painting at The Art Students League of New York with color-field painter Pat Lipsky. In 2022, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies and Performance from Stony Brook University under the direction of Ray Anderson.{{cite web | url=http://www.innercirclemusic.com/Gabriel-Vicens.html | title=Gabriel Vicéns|website=innercirclemusic.com|access-date=September 9, 2023 }} He studied guitar with Fernando Mattina and Paul Bollenback, and composition with Carlos Cabrer, Daria Semegen, and Lois V Vierk.
Career
Vicéns leads a number of his own groups and has collaborated with many jazz greats, including Eddie Gómez, David Sánchez, Alex Sipiagin, and Miguel Zenón.{{cite web|url=https://www.gabrielvicens.com/about|title=About|website=gabrielvicens.com|access-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001211205/http://www.gabrielvicens.com/#!about/c1st3|archive-date=October 1, 2017|df=mdy-all}} At the age of 24, Vicéns became an adjunct professor at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico where he taught private guitar lessons until 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.inter.edu/facultad-musica-popular/|title=Universidad Interamericana - Recinto Metro|website=www.metro.inter.edu|access-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042602/http://www.metro.inter.edu/facultad/esthumanisticos/esthumanisticos_faculty_musica.asp|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}} He has released four studio albums under his name: Point In Time (2012),{{cite web | url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/point-in-time-gabriel-vicens-self-produced-review-by-jeff-dayton-johnson |title=Gabriel Vicens: Point In Time|website=All About Jazz|first=Jeff|last=Dayton-Johnson|date=April 13, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://guitarinternational.com/2012/03/18/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time-album-review |title=Gabriel Vicéns Point in Time Album Review|work=Guitar International|first=Matt|last=Warnock|access-date=2015-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508081100/http://guitarinternational.com/2012/03/18/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time-album-review/ |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://latinjazznet.com/2013/01/12/reviews/cds/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time|title=Gabriel Vicéns – Point in Time - Latin Jazz Network|first=Wilbert|last=Sostre|date=January 12, 2013|website=latinjazznet.com|access-date=November 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.criticaljazz.com/2014/02/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time-2012.html|title=Critical Jazz|website=www.criticaljazz.com|first=Brent|last=Black|access-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307135049/http://www.criticaljazz.com/2014/02/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time-2012.html|archive-date=March 7, 2016|df=mdy-all}} Days (2015),{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/days-gabriel-vicens-inner-circle-music-review-by-mark-f-turner.php|title=Gabriel Vicéns: Days|website=All About Jazz|first=Mark F.|last=Turner|date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129111828/https://www.allaboutjazz.com/days-gabriel-vicens-inner-circle-music-review-by-mark-f-turner.php|archive-date=November 29, 2017|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://latinjazznet.com/reviews/cds/gabriel-vicens-days/|title=Gabriel Vicéns Presents: Days|website=Latin Jazz Network|first=Raul|last=Da Gama|date=February 27, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2021}} The Way We Are Created (2021),{{Cite web|url=https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/gabriel-vicens/|title=Gabriel Vicéns 'The Way We Are Created' CD (Inner Circle Music) 4/5|website=UK Vibe|first=Mike|last=Gates|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://londonjazznews.com/2020/12/21/gabriel-vicens-the-way-we-are-created-release-date-15-january-2021/|title=Gabriel Vicéns – 'The Way We Are Created'|website=London Jazz News|first=Julian|last=Maynard-Smith|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021}} and Mural (2024).{{cite web|url=https://avantmusicnews.com/2024/03/12/gabriel-vicens-mural-stradivarius-str-37292/|title=AMN Reviews: Gabriel Vicéns – Mural [Stradivarius STR 37292]|website=Avant Music News|first=Daniel|last=Barbiero|date=March 12, 2024|access-date=April 14, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/gabriel-vicens/|title=GABRIEL VICÉNS «Mural» STRADIVARIUS, STR 37292|website=Salt Peanuts|first=Eyal|last=Hareuveni|date=April 3, 2024|access-date=April 14, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.planethugill.com/2024/04/the-sound-of-image-recent-chamber-music.html#more|title=The sound of an image: recent chamber music by New York City-based, Puerto Rican-born composer Gabriel Vicéns|website=Planet Hugill|first=Robert|last=Hugill|date=April 16, 2024|access-date=July 1, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2024/06/painting-with-sound-contemplative-music.html#more|title=Painting With Sound: The Contemplative Music of Gabriel Vicens|website=Critics At Large|first=Donald|last=Brackett|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=July 1, 2024}} His second and third albums were released on Greg Osby's label, Inner Circle Music. Vicéns' latest album was released on the Milan-based record label Stradivarius and features a collection of contemporary chamber works for different types of ensembles.{{cite web|url=https://www.herecomestheflood.com/2024/03/gabriel-vicens-mural.html|title=Gabriel Vicéns: Mural|website=Here Comes The Flood|first=Hans|last=Werksman|date=March 28, 2024|access-date=April 14, 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/gabriel-vicens-mural-3.html|title=Gabriel Vicéns — Mural|website=Exposé Online|first=Peter|last=Thelen|date=March 11, 2024|access-date=April 14, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/09/gabriel-vicens-mural-stradivarius/|title=Gabriel Vicéns (b.1988) Mural|website=MusicWeb International|first=Gary|last=Higginson|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=October 1, 2024}}
In addition, Vicéns is co-leader of the free improvisation/experimental group No Base Trio formed in 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No Base Trio has released two albums under the label Setola di Maiale. Their debut eponymous album was released in 2020 and their second studio album, NBT II, in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/11/no-base-trio-nbt-ii-setola-di-maiale.html|title=No Base Trio - NBT II (Setola di Maiale, 2022|website=The Free Jazz Collective|first=Keith|last=Prosk|date=November 16, 2022|access-date=September 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://avantmusicnews.com/2020/07/09/amn-reviews-no-base-trio-s-t-setola-di-maiale/|title=AMN Reviews: No Base Trio – s/t [Setola di Maiale]|website=Avant Music News|first=Daniel|last=Barbiero|date=July 9, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freejazzblog.org/2020/07/no-base-trio-st-setola-di-maiale-2020.html|title=No Base Trio - s/t/ (Setola di Maiale, 2020) ****|website=The Free Jazz Collective|first=Paul|last=Acquaro|date=July 11, 2020|access-date=September 9, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.squidco.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=2648|title=No Base Trio - NBT II (Setola Di Maiale)|website=The Squid's Ear|first=Marc|last=Medwin|date=May 30, 2023|access-date=September 29, 2024}} Vicéns is a recipient of the 2023 Chamber Music America "New Jazz Works."{{cite web |url=https://chambermusicamerica.org/news/2023-grantees/ | title=Chamber Music America Awards More than $1,371,000 to the Small Ensemble Music Field|website=chambermusicamerica.org|date=August 8, 2023|access-date=September 9, 2023}} His work has been featured and reviewed in publications including DownBeat,{{cite web | url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0d68bdee1759d453ccf583/t/5efa0e1e34314d7760c30f95/1593445919102/Screen+Shot+2020-06-29+at+11.51.20+AM.png|title=Gabriel Vicéns: Days|website=Downbeat Magazine|first=Scott|last=Yanow|access-date=September 9, 2023 |date=March 1, 2016}} JazzTimes,{{cite web |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/gabriel-vicens-point-in-time/ |title=Gabriel Vicéns: Point in Time|website=JazzTimes Magazine|first=Bill|last=Milkowski|date=July 24, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2023}} Fanfare,{{cite web|url=https://www.fanfarearchive.com/articles/atop/48_2/4823600.az_GABRIEL_VICENS_Mural_1.html|title=Gabriel Vicens: Mural|website=Fanfare|first=Colin|last=Clarke|date=October 15, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fanfarearchive.com/articles/atop/48_2/4823610.az_GABRIEL_VICENS_Mural_1.html|title=Gabriel Vicens: Mural|website=Fanfare|first=David|last=DeBoor Canfield|date=October 15, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2017}} American Record Guide,{{cite web |url=https://www.americanrecordguide.com |title=Gabriel Vicéns: Mural|website=American Record Guide|first=Rob|last=Haskins|date=March 1, 2025|access-date=March 3, 2025}} All About Jazz,{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/point-in-time-gabriel-vicens-self-produced-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php|title=Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time|website=All About Jazz|first=Dan|last=Bilawsky|date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319135300/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/point-in-time-gabriel-vicens-self-produced-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php|archive-date=March 19, 2016|df=mdy-all}} Jazzwise,{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review/gabriel-vincens-the-way-we-are-created|title=Gabriel Vicéns: The Way We Are Created|website=jazzwise.com|first=Mike|last=Hobart|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2023}} Musica Jazz,{{cite web |last=Ayroldi |first=Alceste |date=April 19, 2021 |title="The Way that we are Created". Intervista a Gabriel Vicéns |url=https://www.musicajazz.it/intervista-gabriel-vicens/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Musica Jazz |language=it}} Jazz Journal,{{cite web|url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2021/05/22/gabriel-vicens-the-way-we-are-created/|title=Gabriel Vicéns: The Way We Are Created|website=Jazz Journal|first=Roger|last=Farbey|date=May 22, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2023}} Neue Musikzeitung,{{cite web |last=Hufner |first=Martin |date=July 2, 2024 |title=Gabriel Vicéns – Mural |url=https://hoerbar.nmz.de/2024/07/gabriel-vicens-mural/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=Neue Musikzeitung |language=de}} Blow Up,{{cite web |last=Poggio |first=Piercarlo |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Gabriel Vicéns – Mural |url=https://www.blowupmagazine.com |access-date=March 17, 2025 |website=Blow Up |language=it}} Jazz Inside,{{cite web |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0d68bdee1759d453ccf583/t/5efa24467efd041c2a0e2c90/1593451591600/Screen+Shot+2020-06-29+at+1.25.53+PM.png |title=Gabriel Vicéns: Point In Time|website=Jazz Inside Magazine|first=Mark|last=Keresman|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2023}} El Nuevo Día,{{cite web |last=Vega Curry |first=Rafael |date=March 25, 2012 |title=Gabriel Vicéns: Un Novel Entre Los Grandes |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0d68bdee1759d453ccf583/t/5efa6116f7a1d03adb9b5e0d/1593467173577/Screen+Shot+2020-06-29+at+2.52.53+PM.png |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es}} El Vocero,{{cite web |last=Toledo Rohena |first=Vicente |date=June 20, 2020 |title=Improvisación vanguardista |url=https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/improvisaci-n-vanguardista/article_b7d410fc-b1b4-11ea-9951-2ffbba716cda.html |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=El Vocero |language=es}} and Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular.{{cite web |last=Toledo Rohena |first=Vicente |date=March 12, 2021 |title=Gabriel Vicéns entre jazz, folklor y arte |url=https://prpop.org/2021/03/gabriel-vicens-entre-jazz-folklor-y-arte/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=Fundación Nacional Para La Cultura Popular |language=es}}
Selected Works
- Carnal, for violin and piano (2019)
- Una Superficie Sin Rostro, for piano (2020)
- Sueños Ligados, for violin, cello, and piano (2020)
- Mural, for clarinet, violin, and piano (2021)
- La Esfera, for cello and piano (2021)
- Ficción, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn (2021)
- El Matorral, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and vibraphone (2022)
Discography
= As leader =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Release year
!Title !Label !Personnel |
|---|
| 2012
|Point In Time |Self-Released |Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), David Sánchez (tenor saxophone), Eduardo Zayas (piano), Eddie Gomez (bass), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Vladimir Coronel (drums) |
| 2015
|Days |Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet and flugelhorn), Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), David Sánchez (tenor saxophone), Bienvenido Dinzey (piano), Leonardo Osuna (drums), and Paoli Mejias (percussion) |
| 2021
|The Way We Are Created |Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Roman Filiú (alto saxophone), Glenn Zaleski (piano), Rick Rosato (bass), E.J. Strickland (drums), and Victor Pablo (percussion) |
| 2024
|Mural |Gabriel Vicéns (compositions), Roberta Michel (flute), Raissa Fahlman (clarinet), Joenne Dumitrascu (violin), Adrianne Munden-Dixon (violin), Rocío Díaz de Cossío (cello), Wick Simmons (cello), Julia Henderson (cello), Corinne Penner (piano), Mayumi Tsuchida (piano), Mikael Darmanie (piano), John Ling (vibraphone), David Bloom (conductor), and Nu Quintet |
=As co-leader=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Release year
!Artist !Title !Label !Personnel |
|---|
| 2020
|No Base Trio |No Base Trio |Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), Gabriel Vicéns (guitar), and Leonardo Osuna (drums) |
| 2022
|No Base Trio |NBT II |Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone and flute), Gabriel Vicéns (guitar), and Leonardo Osuna (drums) |
=As sideman=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Release year
!Artist !Title !Label |
|---|
| 2012
|Jonathan Suazo |Extracts of a Desire |Self-Released |
| 2012
|SM Quinteto |Historias, Cuentos y Canciones |Self-Released |
| 2012
|Joan Torres' All Is Fused |Before |Self-Released |
| 2014
|5 Esquinas |Tamarindo |Self-Released |
| 2014
|Joan Torres' All Is Fused |The Beginning |Self-Released |
| 2014
|Jonathan Suazo |Vital |Self-Released |
| 2016
|Joan Torres' All Is Fused |Of the Musical |Self-Released |
| 2018
|Fernando García |Guasábara Puerto Rico |
| 2018
|Pasha Karchevsky |Hope |
| 2019
|Pablo Campos |Enfoque |Self-Released |
| 2019
|Joan Torres' All Is Fused |Revolution |Self-Released |
| 2019
|Andre Carvalho |Outside in Music, Vol. 3 - Live at Pinch Recording |Outside In Music |
| 2022
|Slavo Rican Assembly |Intercosmic |
| 2023
|Joan Torres' All Is Fused |Embrace Form |Self-Released |
| 2023
|Fernando García |Behique |
| 2023
|Jonathan Suazo |Ricano |
References
External links
- {{Official website|www.gabrielvicens.com}}
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Category:Art Students League of New York alumni
Category:People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican jazz musicians
Category:Puerto Rican guitarists
Category:Puerto Rican composers
Category:American jazz guitarists
Category:American jazz composers