Soundboard
The Steinway & Sons Podcast
Vijay Iyer
Steinway Artist Vijay Iyer is an American jazz pianist, composer, and four-time Downbeat Magazine artist of the year who was released over 20 albums covering diverse musical terrain. He talks influence, responsibility, jazz, hip-hop, and the importance of right now with Soundboard producer/host Ben Finane — Editor in Chief at Steinway’s award-winning online music magazine listenmusicculture.com — from his home in Harlem, U.S.A.
‘Music is physical and is also emotional — more than anything. That’s one of the main reasons we keep it in our lives.’
photos: Lena Adasheva; Jimmy Katz
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