River Guerguerian is an award-winning
Multi-Percussionist, Composer, Educator.
Canadian-born, he is of Armenian-Egyptian extraction.  For over 25 years he has performed in concert halls in Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Berlin, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Athens, Istanbul, London, including Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, and Lincoln Center.

Guerguerian has performed and/or recorded with such groups as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Music Consort, Tibetan Singing Bowl Ensemble, Paul Winter Consort, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Chuck Berry, Sophie B. Hawkins, and Ziggy Marley/Gipsy Kings.
River also performed in the John Cage documentary film, “I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It”.

In 1989, he received his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory and graduated with the school’s award for Most Outstanding Percussionist.

Between 1988-1993, River created works with Grammy and Oscar winning composer Tan Dun, and toured around the world with their original instruments.

In 1994, River sold all possessions, left civilization for five years, and lived in a wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya Mountains. New influences initiated intense research and experimentation into the physiological effects of sound on the body and brainwave states.

River Guerguerian’s music has evolved through explorations of indigenous instruments, and their trance-inducing effect, gathered from travels around the planet.  His compositions have been commissioned and performed by chamber ensembles, universities, modern dance companies, and new music festivals.

As a studio musician, he has recorded on over 120 albums and film soundtracks. Guerguerian records with musicians of all genres and can be found playing Drumset, Middle Eastern and Afro-Cuban percussion, Frame Drums, Marimba, Tabla, Kanjira, Cajon, Gongs, Singing Bowls, Loopers, and various found objects. He also records percussion tracks for artists at his own recording studio.
 
A respected music educator, he conducts rhythm and sound exploration workshops, and enjoys teaching privately. He is also the music director of the "Creative Technology & Arts Center" hosted by the Odyssy School in Asheville, NC.

River currently travels internationally with Turkish master musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek. His lyrical style drives the world jazz trio Free Planet Radio.

Visit him at www.ShareTheDrum.com

“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 percussion, tibetan singing bowl
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 percussion, tibetan singing bowl
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 percussion, tibetan singing bowl