DOWNLOADABLE PRESS PHOTOS




photo: Jesse Kitt

photo: Thomas Dallal



photo: Yve Adams



photo: Micah Mackenzie



 

SELECTED VENUES

Carnegie Hall
Sydney Opera House
Lincoln Center
Madrid International Jazz Festival
Barbican Hall - London
Hong Kong Arts Festival
White House - Washington D.C.
World Music Sufi Festival - New Delhi
Jerusalem Hall - Jerusalem
Palau De La Musica - Barcelona
Cervantino Festival - Mexico
Edinburgh International Festival - Scotland
Turkish Cultural Centre - Tokyo
Guggenheim Museum - New York
Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall - Istanbul
Festival of New American Music - California
SoundRes Festival - Italy

PERFORMED or RECORDED with

BBC Concert Orchestra
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Tan Dun
Paul Winter Consort
English Chamber Orchestra
Harry Partch Ensemble-Newband
New Music Consort
Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble
David Wilcox
Chuck Berry
Ziggy Marley/Gypsy Kings Project
Sophie B. Hawkins
Music Theatre Group
City Contemporary Dance Company- Hong Kong
Synergy Percussion – Sydney, Australia

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS - WORKSHOPS - MASTER CLASSES

Aaron Copland School of Music - City University of New York
University of Lecce - Italy
California State University - Sacramento
European Frame Drummmers Meeting - Barcelona, Spain
Montclair State University - New Jersey
Columbia University - New York
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Columbus State University - Georgia
Mentone Men’s Conference with Robert Bly - Alabama
University of the Pacific - Stockton, California
University of North Carolina – Asheville
New York City Day of Percussion

 

 

DOWNLOADABLE RESUME/BIO/CV

 

QUOTES

"Guerguerian made magical sounds"
-The New York Times

"superb drumming by River Guerguerian"
-Savannah Morning News

"Meeting River was one of the highest experiences in my life.
Having someone in that spiritual and musical level
is a great blessing for me. Life is a great mystery to live,
not a problem to solve; this is true when I am with him."
-Omar Faruk Tekbilek - master Turkish musician

"...the live music provided by River Guerguerian was creative and spectacular.
Asheville is truly fortunate to have world class musicians"
- Asheville Citizen Times

“Guerguerian’s composition, sensationally performed,
devoted itself even more religiously to the possibilities of pure sound.”
-The New York Times

River Paul Guerguerian, musician, percussion, percussionist, multi-percussionist, music instructor, recording studio, frame drum, doumbek, riq tambourine, drum teacher, omar faruk tekbilek, tar, middle eastern

 River Guerguerian - Musician, percussionist, composer and educator.
Creative Techonology & Arts Center
90 Zillicoa St., Asheville, NC 28801
828-301-6605
riverhumm@yahoo.com