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Freedom Talks

Vijay Iyer Reflects on Music, Ownership, and Improvisation

Vijay Iyer Reflects on Music, Ownership, and Improvisation

In the second installment of the Freedom Talks speaker series, Grammy-award winning musician and professor Vijay Iyer spoke about the Western conception of music as something that can be owned and argued for the need to historicize concepts like improvisation and freedom.
Noor Rahman '25 Oct 25, 2023

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