Ryley Duncan is an award-winning composer, contemporary/jazz pianist, a graduate of The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music (BMus) and a current Honours student at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Ryley has performed at many venues nationally as both a headliner and an accompanist, he has curated shows at Melbourne Recital Centre, Paris Cat, Tempo Rubato, Ellington Jazz Club, The Jazzlab, Duke of George and many more. He has shared the stage with some of Australia’s finest in music, along with performing and recording an album with the internationally renowned bassist; Linda Oh, and the New York based trumpeter and composer; Ralph Alessi. He has also been taught by some of Australia’s most recognised pianists in Barney McAll, Luke Howard, Monique DiMattina and Steve Sedergreen, and US-Based recipient of the 2019 American Pianists Award, Emmet Cohen. In the summer of 2018, Ryley travelled to New York to attend the New York University Summer Jazz Workshop, where he gained an even deeper understanding from greats such as; Larry White, Buster Williams, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter, and got taught by the inspiring Alan Broadbent. In 2022, Ryley received the Angus Gray Piano Performance Grant - dedicated to the memory of Angus Gray and beautifully supported by the family - to develop a passion project lead by Ryley Duncan. Ryley received the Monash University Jazz Prize in 2020 for his composition; “A Dystopian Tale”, presented by Andrea Keller and Paul Williamson.