Sunjay Jayaram, viola
Sunjay is a violist, violinist and oud player who enjoys playing and improvising in a wide variety of styles and genres including jazz, Carnatic music and hip hop in addition to traditional and contemporary classical music.
Originally from South Carolina, Sunjay moved to New York to pursue an undergraduate degree in violin performance at NYU with Laura Hamilton and is currently a graduate student at the Mannes School of Music studying with Jennifer Koh. He has worked with a wide variety of groups and ensembles in NYC such as the American Composers Orchestra, 8-Bit Big Band, Westside Chamber Players and P’an, a global traditional music collective. Sunjay has also worked with musicians and directors including Ted Sperling, Bobby Sanabria, David Bloom and others.