Vijay Iyer

American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, and writer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1971 · age 55

Vijay Iyer is a composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, writer, and professor 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".

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2022JJA Jazz AwardsAward2016List of United States ArtistsAward2013MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward2012Doris Duke Performing Artist AwardAward2003Herb Alpert Award in the ArtsAward1971Born26 October 1971

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JJA Jazz Awards2022

List of United States Artists2016

MacArthur Fellows Program2013

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award2012

Herb Alpert Award in the Arts2003

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Iyer received a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, three Grammy nominations, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. He was voted Jazz Artist of the Year in the Downbeat magazine international critics' polls in 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2018. In 2014, he was jointly appointed with tenure to Harvard University's departments of music and African American studies as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts.

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