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    MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta On Making Music Accessible For All

    Violinist and social justice advocate Vijay Gupta, one of the 2018 winners of the MacArthur Fellowship, speaks about his work in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles and what's next.
    by Lulu Garcia-Navarro Oct 13, 2018 2 minutes
    Vijay Gupta is a violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic whose life's work has been to make music accessible to all. That passion caught the attention of others and this year he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

    Vijay Gupta's life work has been to make music accessible to all.

    That passion caught the attention of others and earlier this month the Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist was awarded a 2018 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship — also known as the genius grant.

    This means that Gupta of this year's award have "all shown creativity, potential for future achievements — and the likelihood that $625,000, meted out

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