On June 24, Terry Riley turned 90. It was a momentous occasion for American music that got little attention in the U.S. But Sunday night at the Ford, Bang on a Can All-Stars will pay tribute in a ...

Inspiration can spark in the most mundane circumstances. In 1964, a young composer named Terry Riley was on his way to work — playing ragtime piano at San Francisco’s Gold Street Saloon — when he had ...

The Who’s Pete Townshend is among the artists participating in a 90th birthday tribute to experimental music legend Terry Riley as part of the fourth Long Play festival curated by Bang on a Can, The ...

When NASA hired the Kronos Quartet to work outer-space recordings into a piece of music, the University of Iowa physicist Don Gurnett found a composer at his door. “I went to meet Dr. Gurnett in Iowa ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label. By Rob ...

Inspiration can spark in the most mundane circumstances. In 1964, a young composer named Terry Riley was on his way to work — playing ragtime piano at San Francisco's Gold Street Saloon — when he had ...

Riley's pioneering piece, which premiered 60 years ago, leaves many decisions up to the performers. It helped launch the movement known as... 'In C' Forever: The eternal evolution of Terry Riley's ...