Gyan Riley

{{short description|American guitarist and composer, born 1977}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Gyan Riley

| image = gyan-riley_DSC03282.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Gyan Riley in Aarhus, Denmark 2017

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}

| occupation = Musician, composer

| instrument = Guitar

| label = New Albion
Tzadik

| website = {{URL|gyanriley.com}}

}}

Gyan Riley (born 1977) is an American guitarist and composer. He is a son of minimalist composer Terry Riley.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/arts/music/review-gyan-riley-begins-an-intimate-residency-at-the-stone.html |title=Review: Gyan Riley Begins an Intimate Residency at the Stone |last1=Schweitzer |first1=Vivien |date=8 July 2015 |website=The New York Times |access-date=30 August 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/05/12/104061137/terry-and-gyan-riley-together-in-c |title=Terry And Gyan Riley: Together IN C |date=12 May 2009 |website=NPR |access-date=30 August 2016}} They frequently toured together as a duo between 2016 and 2020. Gyan Riley studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.{{cite web |url=http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Griley.shtml |title=Gyan Riley |website=Other Minds |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914125836/http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Griley.shtml |archive-date=14 September 2016 |url-status=dead }} He has released two solo albums and several collaborative recordings on John Zorn's Tzadik Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8078 |title=Gyan Riley: Stream of Gratitude |date=2011 |website=Tzadik Records |access-date=30 August 2016}} He has also performed with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain, Dawn Upshaw, Nels Cline, Lee Ronaldo, Iva Bittová.,{{cite web |url=http://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/ivu-bittovou-inspirovaly-pohanske-ritualy-feu-/hudba.aspx?c=A150522_162111_hudba_ob |title=RECENZE: Ivu Bittovou inspirovaly pohanské rituály. Zdařile |last1=Bezr |first1=Ondřej |date=22 May 2015 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=30 August 2016 |language=Czech}} and currently frequently tours with Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab. Recently he was featured as a performer and composer for two acclaimed PBS documentary series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick: Hemingway, and The U.S. and the Holocaust. Currently Gyan is engaged as the 2023/24 Lou Harrison House Composer in Residence in Joshua Tree, CA.