Vijay Gupta

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, hailed by The New Yorker as “a formidable new model for how musical institutions should engage with the world around them.” 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 nation, including The Richmond Forum, the American Medical Association, the U.S. Psychiatric Congress, Harvard Business School, and companies such as Accenture and Hallmark. He lives in Altadena, California.