Jean-Philippe Rio-Py, known to the world as RIOPY, is a pianist and multi-instrumentalist composer with over 1.3 billion streams, sold-out concerts across continents, collaborations with the likes of Lana Del Rey, and a catalogue of albums that have topped the classical charts.

RIOPY’s breakthrough came with Tree of Light in 2019. It reached number one on the Billboard Classical and New Age charts, and remained there for almost three years, with the track Ukiyo becoming certified Gold in the US. He followed with Bliss in 2021 and Thrive in 2023, albums that continued to expand his musical language, incorporating strings for the first time, and exploring resilience through sound. Alongside, he began releasing music under the wellness-focused brand TUNE YOUR MIND [by RIOPY] through albums of meditations, soundscapes, and piano tuned to alternative frequencies. These works weren’t side projects; they were part of the same mission. As he puts it: “Music has been part of my life since the beginning of my incarnation, serving as a way to heal myself and others.”

By the start of 2025, RIOPY had accumulated over 1.17 billion streams worldwide. He had collaborated with Lana Del Rey, partnerships across global campaigns with Amazon, Calm, The Mental Health Foundation and Peloton, and played to sold-out venues across Europe, North America, and Asia. Amazon Music celebrated RIOPY as one of the most streamed classical artists with a billboard towering over Times Square; however the moment when his career seemed unstoppable, his body gave way yet RIOPY started a relentless fight for recovery.

Beneath the numbers lies something far more human: a story of resilience, survival, and a man who has discovered sound as a vessel for healing. 2026 marks the release of RIOPY’s fifth album Be Love - an appeal born out of the artist’s awe-inspiring journey of rediscovery and defiance, and a refusal to let fear or illness silence him.

“It’s called Be Love because that’s the only thing that matters. Be love. And if we all love, then everything is fine,” he says simply.

Be Love will see RIOPY sing for the very first time on a release. The composer-instrumentalist has utilised numerous ways to produce sound, just never his own voice. “I had this compulsion, this need to use my voice, because I think it’s one of the biggest fears I’ve had through my life. But it’s something I really enjoy doing.” He shares, “I started just whispering… it’s not a new me, it’s just an expansion of what I do. It felt right, because I needed to do this.”