Artists
- Vijay Iyerpiano, Fender Rhodes, electronics
- Wadada Leo Smithtrumpet
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Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer
Image credit: © ogata_photo
Archived Event
Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith
Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life
- Date
- Fri 31 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Wadada Leo Smithb. 1941
- A Sonic Requiem X: El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
- Vijay Iyerb. 1971
- Prelude: Survival
- Sumud
- Prelude: Survival
- Sumud
- Floating River (for Patrice Lumumba)
- Elegy: The Pilgrimage
- Elegy: The Pilgrimage
Encore
- Solar Flare
- Solar Flare
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.
