Violinist Vijay Gupta

Violinist Vijay Gupta joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2007 at the age of 19, after completing a Master’s degree in Music from Yale University and a Bachelor’s in biology from Marist College. His principal teachers have included Glenn Dicterow and Ani Kavafian. Gupta frequently appears on the Philharmonic’s Chamber Music and Green Umbrella series and is actively engaged in various LA Phil educational outreach initiatives. Vijay made his solo debut at eleven in Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta, and has performed as guest concertmaster with the Los Angeles Opera, Orquestra Comunitat de Valencia in Spain, and as guest Leader of the Philharmonia Orchestra of London at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester, U.K. A passionate advocate for music in ostracized communities, Gupta founded and serves as Artistic Director of Street Symphony, a non-profit dedicated to bringing free, live music to men, women, and youth living in homelessness and incarceration. He is a TED Speaker and 2011 TED Senior Fellow. Vijay also owns and plays a violin crafted by Los Angeles violinmaker Eric Benning.