Austria
Dutch
French
- Article on Jazz Magazine-Jazzman
- Chronicle on Jazz Magazine-Jazzman
- Chronicle on Open Mag
- Interview on Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz
- Interview on Libération.fr
- Article on Qobuz
- Chronicle on Culture Jazz
- Chronicle on Nouvelle Vague
- Pianobleu - Vijay Iyer Trio Historicity
- Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz - Historicity ****(*)
German
- DIE ZEIT: MATHEMATISCHE ELEGANZ - September 10, 2009
- Jazzthing (DE) - September 2009 Christian Broecking
- Piano News (DE) - September 2009 Tom Fuchs
- Kulturnews (DE) - September 2009 Jorg A. Noll
Italy
- Italian Magazine Blowup :: "last night a Vijay saved my life"
- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd Ensemble
- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd Ensemble Photos
Polish
Spanish
Swedish
Pianist Vijay Iyer['s] keyboard prowess and epic vision place him in a category by himself among jazz soloists.
- Chicago Tribune
...a boundless and deeply important young star...
- LA Weekly
Iyer is one of the most exciting new voices in jazz...
- Boston Globe
Vijay Iyer is the most commanding pianist and composer to emerge in recent years...
- The Village Voice
Iyer is one of the scene's most original players.
- The Wire / UK
"...ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG PIANISTS IN YEARS... Iyer's percussive yet supple keyboard touch is something to marvel at."
- The Village Voice
[ONE OF] THE NEW STARS OF JAZZ... Superior skills, uncommon versatility, A DEFINITE VISION.
- US News & World Report
AN IMPORTANT NEW VOICE IN JAZZ... He's arrived, fully formed and ready to take center stage.
- Jazziz
CAPTIVATING... an extravagantly gifted new-jazz pianist and a quick-witted composer...
- The New Yorker
NO ONE ON THE PLANET PLAYS LIKE THIS; Vijay has presented something quite new and exceptionally forthright...
- Signal to Noise
Iyer's versatile ivory skills approximate violence one moment, pristine beauty the next...
- The Wire
DAZZLING... This is a young musician of serious intent and significant accomplishment whose interests extend far beyond the keyboard.
- Allaboutjazz.com
He is MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BRILLIANT PIANIST; he is an artist who can reach deep into the chasms of human experience and thrust it out through his piano for all of us to experience with him.
- MODERNJAZZ.COM
...BRACINGLY EXPRESSIONIST JAZZ... FULL OF PULSATING BLUES...
- The New York Times
... ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING JAZZ PIANISTS AROUND...
- East Bay Express, Berkeley, California
...POWERFUL... A WILD CARD... a singular take on piano rhythm and an original interpretation of the space between the notes.
- Time Out New York
PIANO MARVEL...
- NOW Magazine, Toronto
...AN ONCOMING PHENOMENON, already up to his fingers in the most advanced music of our wildly contradictory age...
- Amiri Baraka
...A COMPOSER AND PERFORMER OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE...
- San Francisco Chronicle
KEYBOARD VISIONARY... PHENOMENALLY TALENTED... an inventive, challenging musician who manages to be thoughtful and soulful at the same time...
- San Francisco Bay Guardian
select album for more info.
