TechXploration: Conversation with Vijay Iyer

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Free admission; attendees must RSVP at http://sanjosejazz.org.

Join us for a special presentation and Q&A session with pianist Vijay Iyer. The event is part of PayPal’s TechXploration series, a free, tech-focused speaker series that occurs monthly @ PayPal HQ in San Jose. Hear from Valley-based tech luminaries while sampling the finest craft beer and local eats! Join their meetup group at meetup.com/TechXploration to learn about and RSVP for the entire series.

Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer was described by Pitchfork as "one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today," and by The Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star.” The American-born son of Indian immigrants, he won an unprecedented five major awards in the 2012 DownBeat International Critics Poll and was named one of the “50 Most Influential Global Indians” by GQ India.

Iyer is not merely one of the most lauded jazz pianists in recent memory--he's a polymath whose career has spanned the sciences, the humanities and the arts. He received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the cognitive science of music from the University of California, Berkeley, and has done extensive research into the effects of music and improvisation on the functions of the brain. Iyer has published articles in Journal of Consciousness Studies, Wire, Music Perception, Jazz Times, and The Best Writing on Mathematics: 2010.

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http://www.sanjosejazz.org/winter-fest

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408-288-7557