Poster Vijay Iyer playing piano at home
Vijay Iyer on the Music is Music podcast.
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Music is Music: At Home with Vijay Iyer

Music is Music: At Home with Vijay Iyer

On the latest episode of Music is Music, host Ria Misra leaves our studios and visits composer and pianist Vijay Iyer in his studio - which, conveniently, is also his home. Join us to listen in on their conversation about the secret lives of instruments, the everyday art of improvisation, and also just to hear some really beautiful music.

Enjoy some photos taken from that studio visit and from the opening night concert at the Village Vanguard below.

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Find more information on Vijay Iyer, and his latest compositions, right here

Music is Music host Ria Misra visits composer and pianist Vijay Iyer at his home in Harlem to talk about the secret lives of instruments, the everyday art of improvisation, and also just to hear some really beautiful music.


 

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