Gyan Riley

Gyan Riley is a guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. His diverse work takes him across the globe for performances as a soloist and with various ensembles. Please take a look around and check out his latest updates below.

May 23rd, 2013

Downtown Lugo before the concert. The green patches growing on the castle wall behind the guy on the bike are capers. Mmmmmm…

May 23rd, 2013

Sound check at the beautiful Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena.

May 22nd, 2013

I had a wonderful trip in April/May, beginning with a 10-day residency at the magical Harrison House in Joshua Tree, CA.  The retreat culminated in a concert featuring the music I composed while there, then I went to San Diego and Nevada City for other solo concerts.  Then on to Italy with my dad and Tracy Silverman for concerts for the Angelica Festival in and around the beautiful city of Bologna. Finally up to Vermont and then Victoriaville QC to open the fabulous FIMAV festival with EVIYAN.  Now gearing up for some NY shows before heading back to CA in June!

March 4th, 2013

Here’s a nice first review of EVIYAN, from Saturday’s  show at MIT!

February 24th, 2013

I’m excited to head to Boston for the EVIYAN show on Sat Mar 2 at MIT!  Our new trio will be joined by Grammy-nominee tabla player Sandeep Das and bassist Blake Newman. There will also be an opening set by MIT CAST Visiting Artist/instrument maker/composer Victor Gama.

February 12th, 2013

Excited about the first NYC show with my new group Eviyan, this Friday 2/15 at 7pm at the Bohemian National Hall in NYC.  Such a pleasure to play music with Iva Bittova (violin and voice) and Evan Ziporyn (clarinets).  Hope to see you there!

December 5th, 2012

Excited to be heading across the pond tonight for concerts (solo and with Dither Quartet) in the Netherlands and Germany!

November 29th, 2012

Pitchfork has featured a video mash-up of our performance in Arles, France in October, presented by the Luma Foundation.  It is taken from the opening of Doug Aitken’s installation Altered Earth, currently on view in the Grande Halle of the Parc des Ateliers.  Performing with Terry Riley and Tracy Silverman.

October 20th, 2012

Playing at the opening of Doug Aitken’s exhibition Altered Earth tonight at the Grande Halle in Arles, France with my dad and Tracy Silverman. This looks to be great fun!

October 12th, 2012

Playing John Zorn’s Masada music at The Stone with Secret Chiefs 3 last night was an absolute blast!  Looking forward to reinventing a bunch of my music there tonight at 10pm with Timba Harris, Ches Smith, and Toby Driver…first time with this configuration!

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