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David Riley
(541) 346-3773
driley@uoregon.edu

David Riley is assistant professor and director of accompanying and chamber music at the University of Oregon, where he joined the music faculty in 2004. He holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Dr. Jean Barr.

Dr. Riley has extensive experience as a professional pianist, having performed at many of North America's most prestigious venues, including the National Art Gallery in Washington D.C., Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall with the New York Philharmonic Chamber Players, the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the 92nd St. Y in New York City, Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and Salle de Concert Pollack in Montreal. Riley has been featured on dozens of radio broadcasts throughout North America, including NPR Performance Today and Morning Edition, CBC National Radio, and WQXR and WNYC in New York City. He has received rave reviews throughout the U.S. and Canada, including "Absolutely exquisite technique" (New York Concert Review), "A soloist's dream, star quality, gifted and sensitive ..." (Billings Gazette).

Along with violinist Jasper Wood, Riley received the 2004 East Coast Music Award "Best Classical Recording" for a CD of works for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky. Reviewers have stated, "A beautiful recording of lush and nimble Stravinsky, a first-class product and a strong recommendation." (Gramophone); "... absolutely exquisite accounts of these works" (Ottawa Citizen); "This one gets the full five stars... " (CBC Sound Advice). Other violinists with whom Riley has concertized include Juyoung Baek, Jennifer Frautschi, Ilya Gringolts, Phillipe Quint, and Giora Schmidt, as well as with cellists Denise Djokic and Jesus Morales and clarinetists Alex Fiterstein and Ricardo Morales.