Vijay Gupta

About the Author

Vijay Gupta is an acclaimed violinist and the founding Artistic Director of Street Symphony, the nonprofit that brings music to 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 MacArthur Fellow and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Gupta has shared the power of music to transform lives on stages, campuses, and companies 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.