12 Facts About Vijay Gupta

Robert Vijay Gupta was born on 1987 and is a violinist, and advocate for social justice.

Vijay Gupta is a 2018 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

Vijay Gupta was born in 1987 and grew up in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York, near Poughkeepsie.

Vijay Gupta's parents had immigrated from Bengal, India in the 1970s.

At age 7 Gupta enrolled in the pre-college program at the Juilliard School and age 11 he performed solo for the first time with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Vijay Gupta toured internationally as a soloist and recitalist, performing across the United States, India, Europe and Japan.

Vijay Gupta enrolled in undergraduate studies at Mount Saint Mary College in New York at age 13, initiating coursework towards a degree in pre-medical biology.

Vijay Gupta held neurobiology research internships at CUNY Hunter College and Harvard, in a medical lab.

Vijay Gupta won his first orchestral audition and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2007, when he was 19 years old.

Vijay Gupta became an advocate for the homeless shortly after joining the LA Philharmonic.

Vijay Gupta joined a group of LA Phil musicians close to Nathaniel Ayers a Juilliard-trained double-bassist whose mental illness left him homeless.

In 2010 Vijay Gupta founded ”Street Symphony”, a non-profit organization providing musical engagement, dialogue and teaching artistry for homeless and incarcerated communities in Los Angeles.