RIOPY FEBRUARY 2023 TOUR
Tickets on sale on Friday 7 October
RIOPY is a pianist and composer who wants to change the world, one note at a time.
Following a sold-out European tour which included a capacity crowd at London’s Union Chapel, RIOPY – the self-taught Franco-British pianist/composer with more than half a billion streams to his name and an album which has been at the top of the US Billboard charts for over 100 weeks – now undertakes his first UK tour.
With support from Adam Naas, the live dates are:
February 2023
Wed 1 LONDON Cadogan Hall
Thu 2 BRISTOL St Georges
Fri 3 MANCHESTER Stoller Hall
Sat 4 GATESHEAD Sage
Sun 5 LEEDS Howard Assembly Room
Wed 8 EDINBURGH Queens Hall
Thu 9 BURY ST EDMUNDS Apex
Fri 10 COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre
Sat 11 CANTEBURY Gulbenkian Arts Centre
Sun 12 SOUTHAMPTON Turner Sims Concert Hall
Born in rural France, his mother left home with him when he was six months old, eventually joining a cult, where family ties were discouraged - and obedience to the head guru was paramount. Deprived of any outside culture, young Jean-Philippe taught himself to play on an abandoned piano when he was two, making up songs in his head, then performing them. RIOPY was drawn to the piano as it allowed him to focus on creating music from scratch, quiet his mind from his OCD anxieties and to retreat into his own private world. “I understood tones, sounds and numbers, because I’d always been counting,” he says. “Playing piano was the only place I felt safe. I discovered something new every time I sat down at the piano. It was the only thing I enjoyed doing. And even if I wasn’t at the piano, I’d play music in my head to cope with stress.”
He left for the UK in his twenties and his fortunes changed when he was given a Steinway piano by Coldplay’s Chris Martin. He has since channelled his troubled past into his music, which serves as a source for positivity, mindfulness and solace to millions around the world.
With three Warner Classics albums RIOPY, Tree of Light and [Extended] Bliss already finding a worldwide audience of more than half a billion, a new album is expected early next year.
He is also noted for creating powerful and expressive music for brands (IKEA, Mercedes, Peugeot, Armani and Samsung) and film trailers (The Danish Girl, My Turner, The Shape of Water and The Sense of an Ending), as well as documentaries for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
For the UK tour, RIOPY is supported by Adam Naas.
Listen to essential RIOPY tracks here
Watch his latest music video, Fantasy from [extended] Bliss here
MEDIA ENQUIRIES
For all press enquiries contact Sally Reeves on [email protected] | +44 1223 864710 or +44 7790 518756
For information about RIOPY’s albums contact Kat Bawden on [email protected] (for press) and Victoria Bevan on [email protected] (for radio and TV)
