Described by <\/span>The New York Times a<\/span><\/i>s a \u201csocial conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,\u201d Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in 21st century music. A composer and pianist active across multiple musical communities, Iyer has created a consistently innovative, emotionally resonant body of work over the last 25 years, earning him a place as one of the leading music-makers of his generation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For this May 21 show at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, joining Iyer, on piano, will be Linda May Han Oh on bass and Jeremy Dutton on drums.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, a Grammy<\/span>\u00ae<\/span> nomination, the Alpert Award in the Arts, and two German Echo awards, and was voted <\/span>Downbeat Magazine<\/span><\/i>\u2019s Jazz Artist of the Year four times in the last decade. He has been praised by <\/span>Pitchfork <\/span><\/i>as “one of the best in the world at what he does,” by the <\/span>Los Angeles Weekly <\/span><\/i>as \u201ca boundless and deeply important young star,\u201d and by Minnesota Public Radio as \u201can American treasure.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Iyer\u2019s musical language is grounded in the rhythmic traditions of South Asia and West Africa, the African American creative music movement of the 1960s and \u201970s, and the lineage of composer-pianists from Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk to Alice Coltrane and Geri Allen. He has released 24 albums of his music, most recently <\/span>UnEasy <\/span><\/i>(ECM Records, 2021), a trio session with drummer Tyshawn Sorey and bassist Linda May Han Oh; <\/span>The Transitory Poems <\/span><\/i>(ECM, 2019), a live duo recording with pianist Craig Taborn; <\/span>Far From Over<\/span><\/i> (ECM, 2017) with the award-winning Vijay Iyer Sextet; and <\/span>A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke<\/span><\/i> (ECM, 2016), a suite of duets with visionary composer-trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Iyer is also an active composer for classical ensembles and soloists. His works have been commissioned and premiered by Brentano Quartet, Imani Winds, Bang on a Can All-Stars, The Silk Road Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, LA Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, and virtuosi Matt Haimowitz, Claire Chase, Shai Wosner, and Jennifer Koh, among others. He recently served as composer-in-residence at London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, music director of the Ojai Music Festival, and artist-in-residence at New York\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A tireless collaborator, he has written big-band music for Arturo O\u2019Farrill and Darcy James Argue, remixed classic recordings of Talvin Singh and Meredith Monk, joined forces with legendary musicians Henry Threadgill, Reggie Workman, Zakir Hussain, and L. Subramanian, and developed interdisciplinary work with Teju Cole, Carrie Mae Weems, Mike Ladd, Prashant Bhargava, and Karole Armitage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A longtime New Yorker, Iyer lives in central Harlem with his wife and daughter. He teaches at Harvard University in the Department of Music and the Department of African and African American Studies. 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