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Terry Riley is one of the most influential composers and performers in contemporary music. His work, "In C", changed the course of music after 1964. It introduced a new approach to tonality and new structural principles that projected kaleidoscopic, psychedelic atmospheres, representing a striking departure from the then established musical direction of the mid 20th century. An imaginative improviser, his recordings such as A RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR and POPPY NOGOOD AND THE PHANTOM BAND, with their driving kinetic rhythms, sent waves across the contemporary music world as well as into the territories of Rock and Jazz. His jazz inflected piano improvisations incorporate elements of western classical music as well various latin and world music flavors. Of particular note is his 26 year association with his music Guru, legendary Indian vocalist, Pandit Pran Nath. Riley appeared as accompanist in hundreds of concerts with the great Master and continues today to give concerts of Indian Classical Music as an adjunct to his own work in contemporary music. Terry has written for Orchestra, Choir, String Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Guitar, Piano and various chamber music combinations and his work has been performed on virtually every continent. Terry has collaborated with some of the great names of our era, including Chet Baker, La Monte Young, George Brooks, Zakir Hussein, Krishna Bhatt, Kronos Quartet, Michael McClure, Stefano Scodanibbio, John Cale and more recently his son, Gyan Riley. His most recent work, SolTierraLuna for two guitars, violin and Orchestra premiered in March 2008. Terry played his first pipe organ concert to a sold out audience at Disney Hall in May of 2008, introducing The Universal Bridge, a work especially commissioned for that evening. He christened the gigantic Disney Hall pipe organ “Hurricane Mama.”