Richard Barbieri (pronounced ; bahr-bee-air-ee) (born 30 November 1957, in London, England) is an English synthesizer player, keyboardist and composer. Originally coming to prominence in the late-1970s and early-1980s as a member of
new wave pioneers
Japan (and their brief 1989–1990 reincarnation as
Rain Tree Crow), he is now best known as the keyboard player in the
progressive rock band
Porcupine Tree, of which he has been a member since 1993.