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Vijay Iyer

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Artist information

Born in:Albany, NY,
United States of America
Year of Birth:1971

Biography

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Vijay Iyer (; born October 26, 1971) is an American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer and writer based in New York City. The New York Times has called him a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway". Iyer received a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. He was voted Jazz Artist of the Year in the DownBeat magazine... more

Also known as

  • Vijay Srinivas Raghunathan
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