Vijay Iyer Performs at Zankel Hall, 4/27

On Saturday, April 27 at 9:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs solo piano works and leads both his jazz trio and sextet for an evening of original music from his celebrated recordings. The pianist, noted by The New Yorker as one of "today's most important pianists... extravagantly gifted... brilliantly eclectic," performs alongside bassist Stephan Crump, drummer Tyshawn Sorey, trumpeter Graham Haynes, tenor saxophonist Mark Shim, and soprano and alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. This concert is presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Absolutely Live Entertainment LLC.

Iyer's many collaborators include other forward-thinking musicians of his generation, such as Rudresh Mahanthappa, Craig Taborn, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Liberty Ellman; elder creative music pioneers, including Steve Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis, and Amina Claudine Myers; and new-music experimenters ranging from Miya Masaoka and John Zorn to hip-hop innovators Dead Prez, Das Racist, and DJ Spooky, among others. His compositions have been commissioned or performed by the Silk Road Ensemble, Ethel, Brentano String Quartet, JACK Quartet, American Composers Orchestra, Hermès Ensemble, and Imani Winds. A polymath whose career has spanned the sciences, the humanities, and the arts, Iyer received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the cognitive science of music from the University of California, Berkeley, and has published articles in Journal of Consciousness Studies, Wire, Music Perception, JazzTimes, and The Best Writing on Mathematics: 2010.

Prior to this performance, starting at 8:00 p.m., ticketholders are invited to enjoy Late Nights at Zankel Hall, a laid-back pre-concert experience. The first 200 ticketholders to arrive will receive a complimentary drink courtesy of Carnegie Hall. For more information, please visit carnegiehall.org/latenights.