Vijaya Iyer- Wiki, Age, Height, Net Worth, Wife, Ethnicity

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Vijaya Iyer was born in Albany, New York, USA on October 26, 1971. He was, however, reared in Fairport, New York. He is of Indian-American origin and has American citizenship. His given name is Raghunathan, but he changed it to Iyer after graduating from Yale. Raghu Raghunathan and Sita Raghunathan are his parents. He has an elder sister, Pratima, who works as a scientist in Georgia.

Vijaya was born in India, but his parents moved to the United States in the mid-1960s. His father came to the University of Florida at the time to pursue a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. Moving on to his education, Iyer attended Yale University and obtained his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics. Following that, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to earn a PhD in physics.

Iyer’s parents brought him to violin lessons when he was three years old, and he underwent 15 years of Western classical violin tuition. He continued to pursue his musical interests after graduation, participating in bands headed by drummers E. W. Wainwright and Donald Bailey. In the same year, he collaborated with Steve Coleman and George E. Lewis.

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