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
Vijay Gupta recommends:
JS Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (ICR010)
by Johnny Gandelsman
Johnny has been an inspiration for years, and this particular album of Bach not only inspired me to create my own recordings, but my own label, too.
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Won't You Help To Sing?
by Philip Graulty
My dear friend Philip Graulty plays the guitar like prayer. This debut EP is soulful, gorgeous, and totally stunning.
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(Cycles) (ICR007)
by Kojiro Umezaki
I particularly love "108" on this album: an entire universe of stillness, trembling vibration and breath.
go to albumIf you like Breathe: Music of Reena Esmail, you may also like:
Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine
by Wild Up
supported by 5 fans who also own “Breathe: Music of Reena Esmail”
YES! to this life-affirming version of this piece. As much as I've enjoyed archival presentations of Eastman's work, this vibrant and joyous take on Femenine is infinitely rewarding!
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Planetary Candidate
by Michi Wiancko
supported by 4 fans who also own “Breathe: Music of Reena Esmail”
Love to work with this album on in the background. Helps me focus.
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Unfurl
by Fran & Flora
Fran & Flora’s waltzing traditional folk music is breathtaking in its minimalism, with guitar and violin twirling gently.
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