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Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer
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Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life

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Date
Fri 31 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

This concert is currently on advance sale to Members and Friends of Wigmore Hall. For Friends booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page. For information on becoming a Friend, please visit our Friends page.

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General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Wednesday 23 April.

Artists

  • Vijay Iyerpiano, Fender Rhodes, electronics
  • Wadada Leo Smithtrumpet

Programme

Programme to include jointly composed works by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith

Overview

Two creative titans share the stage in this concert. Vijay Iyer has been described by the New York Times as ‘a social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway’; trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's art, meanwhile, is imbued with tremendous compassion and the unswerving pursuit of truth.

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