Editing Terry Riley (section)

{{Short description|American composer and performing musician (born 1935)}}
{{For|the British deaf rights activist and broadcaster|Terry Riley (broadcaster)}}
{{Distinguish|Teddy Riley}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name           = Terry Riley
| image          = Terry Riley, Tokyo 8 Nov 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption        = Riley in 2017

| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1935|6|24}}
| birth_place    = [[Colfax, California]], US
| years_active   = 1950s–present
| instruments    = [[Electric organ]], [[tape machine]], [[saxophone]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[piano]], [[Balkan tambura|tambura]]
| genre          = [[Minimal music|Minimalism]], [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]], [[tape music|tape]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[microtonal music|microtonal]], [[classical music|classical]]
| past_member_of = [[Theatre of Eternal Music]]
| website        = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Terrence Mitchell Riley''' (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician<ref name="Hooper">{{cite journal|last=Hooper|first=Greg|date=June–July 2006|title=Hear and now: Terry Riley in Australia|journal=RealTime|location=Australia|issue=73|page=33|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/73/8136}}</ref> best known as a pioneer of the [[minimalist music|minimalist]] school of composition.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Influenced by [[jazz]] and [[Indian classical music]], his work became notable for its innovative use of [[Repetition (music)|repetition]], [[tape music]] techniques, [[musical improvisation|improvisation]], and [[delay (audio effect)|delay system]]s.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/terry-riley-mn0000750519|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> His best known works are the 1964 composition ''[[In C]]'' and the 1969 album ''[[A Rainbow in Curved Air]]'', both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on [[experimental music]], [[rock music|rock]], and contemporary [[electronic music]].<ref name="AllMusic"/> Subsequent works such as ''[[Shri Camel]]'' (1980) explored [[just intonation]].<ref name="AllMusic"/>

Raised in Redding, California, Riley began studying [[music composition|composition]] and performing solo piano in the 1950s. He befriended and collaborated with composer [[La Monte Young]], and later became involved with both the [[San Francisco Tape Music Center]] and Young's New York collective, the [[Theatre of Eternal Music]]. A three-record deal with [[Sony Music|CBS]] in the late 1960s brought his work to wider audiences. In 1970, he began intensive studies under [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] singer [[Pran Nath (musician)|Pandit Pran Nath]], whom he often accompanied in performance. He has collaborated frequently throughout his career, most extensively with [[chamber ensemble]] the [[Kronos Quartet]] and his son, guitarist [[Gyan Riley]].<ref name="AllMusic"/>