Past Performances of Vijay’s compositions

– July 26, 2024
The Law of Returns will be performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood
 
– July 27, 2024
Variations on a Theme by Ornette Coleman A new commission through Musical Bridges Project at Yale School of Music will have its World Premiere at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
 
– Aug 15, 2024
Handmade Universe will be performed by Shai Wosner and East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Salt Bay Chamber Music Fest in partnership with Portland Chamber Music Festival
 
– Sep 23, 2024
Manchester Collective will perform Crisis Modes (for strings & percussion), Mozart Effects (for string quartet), Mutations: Air (for string quartet), Run (for solo cello), Song for Flint (for solo viola), The Law of Returns (for piano quartet) and a new work (for solo piano) at Wigmore Hall, London.

HUMAN ARCHIPELAGO
World Premiere of Vijay Iyer’s Human Archipelago With Inbal Segev and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
– See also: Review in Financial Times: ft.com
The Oregon Symphony Performs the US Premiere of Vijay Iyer’s Human Archipelago
– See also: Preview in The Oregonian: oregonlive.com/

HANDMADE UNIVERSE
Shai Wosner and the East Coast Chamber Orchestra Premiere Vijay Iyer’s Handmade Universe in NYC

EMERGENCE
New York Premieres of Vijay Iyer’s Emergence and Danny Elfman’s Suite for Chamber Orchestra

DHARMA-EYE
Sō Percussion Premieres Vijay Iyer’s Dharma-Eye at Carnegie Hall

  –  See also: Feature in Stereogum discussing his parallel work as a classical composition:
stereogum.com

Recent Past

  • Vijay’s composition Human Archipelago – Midwest Premiere with Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

    • FEBRUARY 25, 2023: 7:30pm
      IYER & SIBELIUS

      CZINER (Composer-in-Residence) World Premiere
      IYER Human Archipelago Midwest Premiere
      SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

      Stilian Kirov, Conductor
      Inbal Segev, Cello

      Inbal Segev, world-renowned cellist noted by The Washington Post for her “thrillingly projected, vibrato-rich playing,” joins IPO for what is sure to be a standout performance in the Midwest premiere of Vijay Iyer’s Human Archipelago. Iyer brings his work to IPO for only its third appearance worldwide after debuting with the London Philharmonic & then the Oregon Symphony. “Human Archipelago addresses the entangled processes of climate change & migration & the societal imbalances that are both their cause & their result,” muses Iyer. “The piece is intended to take the performers to a point of vulnerability & the brink of possibility that brings the music to life & expresses human inter-reliance.”

  • Vijay’s composition Equal Night, commissioned by Matt Haimovitz, will be performed by Mr. Haimovitz:

    • In Israel on February 28th
      Information here > | Tickets here >
    • In Brooklyn, New York April 22nd at Barge Music
      Information here > | Tickets here > – NYC Premiere!
  • Jan. 13, 14, 15, 16 – Oregon Symphony in Portland, OR – US premiere performances of “Human Archipelago” with Inbal Segev, Marin Alsop conducting
  • January 21 – Boise Philharmonic performances of “Human Archipelago” with Inbal Segev

Open Music with Vijay Iyer

Portland Oregon

January 11 – 2023

Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR 97211

Hosted by Nathalie Joachim

Composer Vijay Iyer has been described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker, and multicultural gateway.”

Hear influential, shape-shifting, and Macarthur Fellowship winning composer Vijay Iyer explore his creative process with host Nathalie Joachim, Oregon Symphony musicians, and more.

Artists
Nathalie Joachim, Host
Vijay Iyer, Composer
Musicians of the Oregon Symphony

RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 AT 7:30 PM 

John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003

Cory Smythe and Present Music Ensemble

Thursday 22 February 2018

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, US

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Line-up: Cory Smythe, Present Music Ensemble, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Sahba Aminikia, Mary Kouyoumdjian

Doors open: 18:30

Tour name: Give Chance a Piece

Audience members will frame their experience of Present Music’s chamber concert by choosing from one of four intimate concert spaces. From within the intimate and eclectic art space of the Jazz Gallery, the exquisite art collection of a private home, or the gracious warmth of the Woman’s Club, the concert experience will be inspired by “Give Chance a Piece”, changeable music that is altered by a roll of the dice. Experience a private and cozy atmosphere with the Present Music Ensemble.

Repertoire

Dig the Say by Vijay Iyer
Shab o Meh (Night and Fog) by Sahba Aminikia
My Desert, My Rose by Aleksandra Vrebalov
A Boy and a Makeshift Toy by Mary Kouyoumdjian
Elegy by Sahba Aminkia

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with André Watts
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, US

Thursday, October 26, 2017
8 PM

Carnegie Hall
57th Street & 7th Avenue
10019
New York, NY, US
(212) 632-0540
carnegiehall.org
16 upcoming concerts
Additional details
Doors open: 19:00

Tour name:

Premiere performance of Vijay Iyer’s composition for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

In a program exploring the creativity of self-made pianists, Beethoven’s First Symphony and a new work from the Indian-American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer offer contrasting views on the development of pianist to composer. After over a decade Orpheus reunites with noted pianist André Watts for a performance of Mozart.

Performers:

– Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
– André Watts, Piano

Program:

*VIJAY IYER – Asunder (NY Premiere)
*MOZART – Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme”
*BEETHOVEN 0 Symphony No. 1

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Oct 12 – Lied Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

Oct 14 – Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, Kentucky

Oct 15 – Loeb Playhouse, West Lafayette, Indiana

Oct. 22 – NJPAC, Newark, NJ