Gyan Riley

Gyan Riley (born 1977) is an American guitarist and composer.

Gyan Riley studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

[4] He has also performed with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain, Dawn Upshaw, Nels Cline, Lee Ronaldo, Iva Bittová.,[5] 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.