Vijay Gupta

Photograph by Kat Bawden

About The Author

Vijay Gupta is an acclaimed violinist and the founding Artistic Director of Street Symphony, the nonprofit that brings live music into shelters, clinics, jails, and prisons. A former member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a MacArthur Fellow, and named to TIME’s 100 Next list, Gupta has shared the role of music in human connection and responsibility on stages, campuses, and with organizations across the United States. He lives in Altadena, California.

 


 

Books by Vijay Gupta

Restrung
By Vijay Gupta
Foreword by Pico Iyer

Violinist Vijay Gupta’s searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection - for readers of Jeremy Denk's Every Good Boy Does Fine, Hua Hsu's Stay True<...

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