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Vijay Iyer

p, *1971 US, Albany, New York
Musician / Composer / Producer of Jazz
A.k.a. Vijay Srinivas Raghunathan

New York based US jazz pianist, violinist and composer, born in Albany, NY, on 26th october, 1971. He has no formal piano/composing education, but studied violin privately; he received basic composing and improvisational lectures at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. He graduated with B.S. in Mathematics & Physics from Yale University, and holds a M.A. in Physics and Ph.D. in Technology and the Arts from the University of California at Berkeley; his research was focused on music and cogitive sciences. Beside ongoing engagements in New York he has played all over the world as a leader and sideman (notable musicians whom he played with include Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Coleman, Amiri Baraka, John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith and many others. His most important collaborator is the saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Beside Jazz music he also composed many classical music works for orchestra and smaller ensembles.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Keyboards
  • Electric piano
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Rock
  • World
  • Folk
  • Hip-Hop/Rap
Popular Tracks   
Compassion on Compassion by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey
Sajni on Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
To Remain/To Return on Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
Arch on Compassion by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey
Overjoyed on Compassion by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey
Human Nature (Trio Extension) on Accelerando by Vijay Iyer
Haseen Thi on Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
Prelude: Orison on Compassion by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey
Maelstrom on Compassion by Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey
Shadow Forces on Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
The Transitory PoemsVijay Iyer / Craig Taborn2019Album
A Cosmic Rhythm With Each StrokeVijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith2016Album
Overtures To BachMatt Haimovitz, Philip Glass, Johann Sebastian Bach, Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Roberto Sierra, David Sanford, Luna Pearl Woolf2016Album
WiringTrio 3 & Vijay Iyer2014Album
Radhe Radhe (Rites Of Holi)Vijay Iyer / Prashant Bhargava2014Album
MutationsVijay Iyer2014Album
Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams ProjectVijay Iyer & Mike Ladd With Maurice Decaul & Lynn Hill2013Album
TirthaVijay Iyer With Prasanna & Nitin Mitta2011Album
SoloVijay Iyer2010Album
TragicomicVijay Iyer2008Album
Still Life With CommentatorVijay Iyer + Mike Ladd2007Album
Raw MaterialsVijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa2006Album
ReimaginingVijay Iyer2005Album
In What Language?Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd2003Album
Blood SutraVijay Iyer2003Album
Panoptic ModesVijay Iyer2001Album
ArchitexturesVijay Iyer1998Album
MemorophiliaVijay Iyer1995Album
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