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Vijay Iyer, a pianist and composer recently won the Downbeat Magazine International Critics' Poll in the Rising Star Jazz artist, composer, and pianist categories. He was also named Up & Coming Musician of the Year in the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, and has graced the covers of five international music magazines. He received the CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and numerous composer commissions. In addition to his work as a bandleader, Iyer has collaborated with Steve Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amiri Baraka, Butch Morris, Oliver Lake, Ethel, dead prez, Burnt Sugar, Karsh Kale, Talvin Singh, Imani Uzuri, George Lewis, DJ Spooky, John Zorn, High Priest, Imani Winds, and many others. Iyer teaches at New York University, The New School, and School for Improvisational Music. His writings appear in Music Perception, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Current Musicology, and the anthologies Uptown Conversation, Sound Unbound, and Arcana IV.
Current Miller Theatre events featuring this artist:
To learn more about this artist, visit www.vijay-iyer.com,
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