Vijay Tellis-Nayak

(Bio as of June 2025)

Vijay Tellis-Nayak (Cover Conductor) is based in Chicago where he maintains a varied and dynamic career as a keyboardist, producer, composer/arranger and engineer. He has performed with artists including Marcus Miller, Jennifer Hudson, Chuck Berry, Billy Strings (w/Bela Fleck) and Stewart Copeland. 25/26 will include international touring with actor/singer Michael Shannon alongside original members of REM. He works with many of the country’s top jazz artists at his recording studio Transient Sound. As a member of the fusion group KTC, he has been featured as Keyboard’s “Unsigned Artist of the Month” and Downbeat’s “Critics Pick.”