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When
The violin
Can forgive the past

It starts singing.

When the violin can stop worrying
About the future

You will become
Such a drunk laughing nuisance

That God
Will then lean down
And start combing you into
Her
Hair.

When the violin can forgive
Every wound caused by
Others

The heart starts
Singing.

- Hafiz, tr. Daniel Ladinsky

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released July 9, 2021

This album is dedicated to Duane Garcia, and to the thousands of people in reentry from incarceration from the 35 prisons across California.

“When the Violin” was recorded at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Deepest thanks to the community of All Saints, and their rector, Mike Kinman.

Vijay Gupta plays on a 2010 violin made by Eric Benning, and a bow made by Louis Bégin.

Recording Engineer and Mastering: Louis Ng
Producer: Vijay Gupta

Album Art: Ginevra Petrucci, Watercolor and ink on paper.
Album Design: Victor Boyda

Copyright: Vidya Projects, All Rights Reserved

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Vijay Gupta Los Angeles, California

Vijay Gupta is a violinist, speaker and citizen-artist dedicated to creating spaces of wholeness through music. He is the founder of Street Symphony, a community of musicians dedicated to engaging people in reentry and recovery living in LA's Skid Row. Vijay Gupta is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. ... more

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