Risby(s)/Gander/Koopman Project

Name: Risby(s)/Gander/Koopman Project
Start: 2026-12-06T19:30:00+1100
End: 2026-12-06T21:30:00+1100
Location: Church Street Studios (Enter Via Door on Briggs St)

Sun, 6 Dec, 7:30pm - 9:30pm AEDT

Church Street Studios (Enter Via Door on Briggs St)

Camperdown NSW, Australia

Bill Risby

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The Risby(s)/Gander/Koopman project was formed by Lalo Risby with the intent of reintroducing the music of his Father Bill Risby, from his 1999/2000 album called ‘Falling’. Risby senior recorded the album with Andrew Gander and guitarist Dieter Kleemann (who co-composed a number of the tracks on the album) so it was only right that half of Andrew’s current band lock horns with a couple of Risbys and create some mayhem in public… In addition to the tunes from this album, there will be a few classic fusion ‘Standards’, and some of Bill’s new compositions that are in a similar vein. Looking forward to seeing you out there in the audience (if you can find a seat…).

The Band:

Bill Risby — Piano / Keyboards

Andrew Gander — Drums

Galileo Risby — Electric Bass

Peter Koopman — Guitar

Doors open 1/2 hr before start time • Music will begin at the advertised start time • No bar or food at venue • BYO permitted, but no food please

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Bill Risby always had a piano with him. Whilst he learnt in the conventional way by taking weekly classical music lessons, he was largely self taught, and was always improvising and experimenting in his free time. After his father left their family unannounced and moved to the other side of the country, he used the piano to grieve this loss, and soon started composing music in his early teens. Bill's playing and compositions are imbued with a melancholic sentiment infused from this dark time. Reared from the age of 10 by his single romantic singing Mauritian Mother, his music has Sega, Bossa Nova, and French influences seeping through. A search for a deeper meaning led him to the church and gospel music which he fell in love with and played for 15 years. He even worked as a music director in a church for 10 of those years. At this time he studied jazz in Sydney and also studied theology. Risby loves and plays all types of music and concedes that his studies in jazz were a part of his attempt to learn as much about harmony as he could to broaden his palette so that he could use different sounds to make all types of music that he loved sound richer. A large part of his music career has been playing and recording on albums of most other types of music, with the occasional jazz gig or recording thrown in, and he has played on literally hundreds of albums, movie soundtracks and TV shows. He has recorded in the USA, Singapore, Belgium, Japan and Norway.

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Sun, 6 Dec, 7:30pm - 9:30pm AEDT

Church Street Studios (Enter Via Door on Briggs St)

Camperdown NSW, Australia

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