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Vijay Iyer

Berkeley Wall of Fame Welcomes Alumnus Vijay Iyer (Ph.D. ’98)

October 11, 2013

Jazz pianist-composer Vijay Iyer recently received a giant windfall: the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grant.

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