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06/09/2026
Vijay Gupta's new book, Restrung, is out today!
This Lavin Exclusive Speaker is a MacArthur Fellow, internationally celebrated violinist, and founder of Street Symphony: the nonprofit that has brought music into shelters, jails, clinics, and reentry programs across Los Angeles.
Restrung is Vijay's searing memoir of collapse and renewal. It traces his journey from playing Carnegie Hall at 8, to burning out, to finding restoration through music. It reveals how music is not just performance, but medicine, connection, and survival itself. Award-winning author Alex Ross (The Rest Is Noise) calls Restrung "a singular, transfixing document. At once brutally honest and passionately hopeful."
Lavin is proud to exclusively represent Vijay for speaking engagements and events. In his powerful, intimate keynotes, he shows audiences how art builds trust across difference, restores dignity under pressure, and transforms pain into healing.
Learn more about Vijay and his book on our website at the link in bio.
Congratulations, Vijay!
“Radical, deeply-rooted joy is one of those things that no matter how hard they try, they cannot take from us.”
Happy Pride Month from The Lavin Agency!
Every June, we have the opportunity to envision and fight for a world where we can all embrace our unique identities. In the midst of oppression, it can sometimes feel hard to celebrate—but Gabby Rivera says that joy is what gives us the strength to keep fighting.
Gabby is a Lavin Exclusive Speaker and author of Juliet Takes a Breath, as well as the first Latina ever to write for Marvel Comics. Through her own story of q***r Latinx joy, she inspires audiences to lean into vulnerability and embrace joy as a source of strength, resilience, and connection. You can learn more about her on our website at the link in bio.
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