Gillian Rivers

Gillian Rivers is a classical violinist/string arranger and orchestrator who has lately been working on her own album, but has also been in the studio playing viola for Pete Kember (aka Spacemen 3's "Sonic Boom") on a new record for the band "Cheval Sombre." Also, she is recording on the upcoming TV on the Radio album, to be released Spring '11, and performing with the Wordless Music Orchestra alongside Sigur Ros. She recently recorded strings for a soundtrack with TV on the Radio for the documentary, "The Lottery," In the past, she has recorded with MGMT for their album "Celebration," performed live with her ensemble, The City Strings, at MOMA and Radio City with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as recorded and arranged strings for their latest record, "It's Blitz" (the deluxe edition). She has appeared and/or arranged for artists such as Amazing Baby, the Silversun Pickups (live on MTV.com), Mono (with the Wordless Music Orchestra), Harper Simon, The Pierces, Nicole Atkins, Leona Naess, and many others. she has appeared live with Nicole Atkins on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brian, and Later with Jools Holland in London.
She continues to perform as a member of “The Wordless Music Orchestra,” which premiered Jonny Greenwood’s “Superhet Popcorn Receiver,” a.k.a., the soundtrack to “There Will be Blood.”
A native of Rochester, NY, she attended Eastman Preparatory School, and went on to earn her bachelors Degree at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she served as concertmaster of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble.
HEAR HER STRING ARRANGEMENTS ON IT'S BLITZ! (DELUXE ED.) ON ITUNES, AND APPEARANCES BELOW WITH THE PIERCES, KAREN O' AND THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS AT RADIO CITY!



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