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SELECTED VENUES

PERFORMED OR RECORDED WITH

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS - WORKSHOPS - MASTER CLASSES

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
Royal Opera House – Muscat, Oman
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
World Sufi Festival - Samothraki island, Greece
North Sea Jazz Club - Amsterdam
National Jazzscene - Oslo Norway
Trattoria Cervantes – Spain
Zappa Club - Jerusalem
Haifa Auditorium
Festival International de Carthage - Tunisia
Chongqin Grand Theatre - China
Wenzhou Grand Theatre – China
Sivananda Yoga Center - Bahamas
Megaton Concert Hall - Athens, Greece
Place des Arts - Montréal
Sufi Festival - Omega Institute, NY
Asheville Electro-Music Festival
SoundRes Festival – Italy
Los Angeles Sacred Music Festival
Israeli Ooera House - Tel Aviv
Sydney Town Hall – Australia
East Berlin Contemporary Arts Festival

BBC Concert Orchestra
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Tan Dun
Free Planet Radio
Paul Winter Consort
English Chamber Orchestra
Harry Partch Ensemble-Newband
New Music Consort
Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble
Lizz Wright
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
The Duhks
Yungchen Lhamo
Saint Disruption with John Medeski
Hasan Isakkut
Hamid Saeidi
Juan Benavides
Chou Wen Chung
Natalia Clavier from Thievery Corporation
Asheville Symphony
Agent 23 Skidoo
Chris Rosser
Kat Williams
Gary Jules
Leeda Lyric Jones
Billy Cardine
Edda Glass and Max Matt
Jonathan Scales
Fran McKendree
Mamak Khadem
Gerald Trimble
Kellin Watson
Blof
David Kuckhermann

Aaron Copland School of Music
University of Lecce - Italy
California State University - Sacramento
Asheville Percussion Festival
European Frame Drummmers Meeting - Barcelona
Montclair State University - New Jersey
Columbia University - New York
Odyssey Community School
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Columbus State University - Georgia
Mentone Men’s Conference with Robert Bly - Alabama
Asheville City Schools Foundation
University of the Pacific - Stockton, California
University of North Carolina – Asheville
New York City Day of Percussion
Leaf Global Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts
AwakeningSoul
Wesleyan University
Gladdening Light Symposium
TEDx Asheville
Greenville Fine Arts Center
Clemson University
Western Carolina University

QUOTES

"Guerguerian made magical sounds" - The New York Times

“River Guerguerian is another name to add to the list of master percussionists. His album Grooves for Odd Times is a superb presentation of global percussion.
There is a message for the body in the sound" - Angel Romero, World Music Central

"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

"River Guerguerian has done a superb job delivering the vibrant overtones of the Tibetan Singing Bowls without sacrificing the mystery of their deep resonance. This is more than a meditation; it's like a wisdom teaching in sound." - ABC Radio Australia

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

“Guerguerian's composition Seven Tambourines is where the exotic percussive elements that River brings really shines. His mastery of complex percussion is nothing less than astounding..."
- Bass Musician Magazine