<div dir="ltr">TERRY RILEY w/ GYAN RILEY - Only German show<i><br><br></i>September 27, 2016 | Doors 19:00, Concert 20:00<br>
Zionskirche - Zionskirchplatz 10119 Berlin<br><br><a href="https://goo.gl/rdvS6D" target="_blank">FB Event</a><br><a href="https://goo.gl/w4ncU2" target="_blank">Tickets</a><br><br>On
September 27, acclaimed American minimalist Terry Riley and his son,
the guitarist , perform their first and only concert in Berlin this
year. Taking place in the resonant space of Zionskirche, the program
samples from both the synthesis of minimalism, jazz, ragtime and North
Indian raga that have come to define Terry Riley's diverse and prolific
career, and Gyan Riley's innovative compositional repertoire.<i><br><br>"Nothing
I have done in this life has given me more satisfaction than
improvising on these songs with Gyan. Nothing I have done can match the
intuitive synchronicity we have shared many times on the stage. Gyan
supplies a brilliant counterpoint to the strands and moods of these
pieces always surprising me with a virtuosity that serves and energizes
his musical invention. I could not have dreamed up a better marriage of
mind and spirit than this collaboration</i>." - Terry Riley<br><br>Cited as
influential to everyone from Steve Reich and Philip Glass to The Who,
Terry Riley's polymetric, brightly orchestrated improvisations and
compositions set the stage for a new tonality. His early collaborators
included Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Chet Baker and La Monte
Young, and in 1970, he became a student of North Indian classical music,
appearing alongside the revered vocalist Pandit Pran Nath. His works
have been performed by numerous artists and ensembles, among them John
Zorn and the Kronos Quartet, and have received many honors, including a
Grammy nomination. <br><br>Gyan Riley is a virtuosic guitarist working
across the spheres of composition, improvisation and contemporary
classical music. He has been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, the
Carnegie Hall Corporation and the American Composers Forum, and has
performed with the extraordinary tabla player Zakir Hussain, Lou Reed,
the San Francisco Symphony and, of course, his father, Terry Riley.<br><span class="gmail-_4n-j gmail-fsl"><br>This concert is presented curator
and promoter Manuela Benetton and Rabih Beaini's Morphine Records. In
partnership with The Wire magazine, Spex, Groove.de<br> <br> </span><br><br><span></span></div>