Suzanne Ciani

Suzanne Ciani () er ein amerikansk musikar, lyddesigner, komponist og plateselskap-leiar.

Ho fekk tidleg suksess på 1970-talet med sin elektroniske musikk og lydeffektar for filmar og TV-reklame. Karrieren hennar har inkludert verk med kvadrafonisk lyd. Suksessen hennar med elektronisk musikk har gjeve henne omtale som «Diva of the Diode» og «Amerikas fyrste kvinnelege synthhelt».

Ciani er blitt nominert til ein grammypris for beste new age-album fem gonger, for Neverland (1988), Hotel Luna (1991), Dream Suite (1996), Pianissimo II (1997), Turning (2000).

Buchla Concerts 1975 fekk ein 39. plass på Pitchfork si liste over 50 beste ambient- album, The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time.

 Prisar og utmerkingar 

 A2IM Independent Icon Award, 2020
 Moog Innovation Award, 2017
 Pinball Expo Hall of Fame, 2013
 Keyboard Magazine's Hall of Fame, 2012
 Nominee, Grammy Award for Best New Age Album: Neverland (1988), Hotel Luna (1991), Dream Suite (1996), Pianissimo II (1997), Turning (2000)
 Best New Age Keyboardist, Keyboard magazine, 1992
 Lifetime Achievement Award (Granny), Women in Audio Section of the Audio and Engineering Society, 1997
 Winner, American Federation of Independent Music (Indie), Silver Ship, 2006
 Most Valuable Synthesizer Player Award, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1987
 Clio Awards, Excellence in Advertising, 1977–1989
 Bronze Lion Award for Excellence in Advertising, International Advertising Film Festival, 1985

 Diskografi 

 Solo 
Studioalbum

 Voices of Packaged Souls (1970)
 Seven Waves (1982)
 The Velocity of Love (1986)
 Neverland (1988)
 History of My Heart (1989)
 Pianissimo (1990)
 Hotel Luna (1991)
 Dream Suite (1994)
 Pianissimo II (1996)
 Turning (1999)
 Pianissimo III (2001)
 Silver Ship (2005)
 Logo Presentation Reels 1985 (2012)
 "Help, Help, The Globolinks!" (2017)
 Flowers of Evil (2019)
 Denali (2020)

Livealbum

 Suzanne Ciani and The Wave Live! (1997)
 Logo Presentation Reels 1985 (2012)
 Buchla Concerts 1975 (2016)
 LIVE Quadraphonic (2018)
 Live Buchla at Machines in Music (2018)
 Improvisation on Four Sequences at Festival Antigel (2020)
 A Sonic Womb: Live Buchla performance at Lapsus (2021)

Samlealbum

 The Private Music of Suzanne Ciani (1992)
 Meditations for Dreams, Relaxation, and Sleep (2002)
 Pure Romance (2003)
 Lixiviation (Ciani/Musica Inc. 1969–1985) (2012)
 A Life in Waves (2020)

 Medverkande på andre sine album 

 Starland Vocal Band – Starland Vocal Band (1976)
 Philippé Wynne - Starting All Over (1977)
 Elliott Randall - Elliott Randall's New York (1977)
 Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977)
 Art Farmer and Joe Henderson – Yama (1979)
 Cindy & Roy - Feel It (1979)
 Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (1979)
 Alien – Sons of the Universe (1979)
 Yusef Lateef – In a Temple Garden (1979)
 Steve Hackett – Spectral Mornings (1979)
 Fuse One – Fuse One (1980)
 Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day (1980)
 Goldstar - The Future Is Now (1980)
 Various – Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1980)
 Ray Barretto - La Cuna (1981)
 Steven Kindler – Across a Rainbow Sea (1990)
 Various – A Very Green Christmas (1997)
 Patti Austin – Body Language (2003)
 Jane Weaver – The Silver Globe (2013)
 Suzanne Ciani & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy (2016)

 DVD 

 1997 Suzanne Ciani and The Wave Live!
 2008 Natura Poetica
 2008 Galapagos: A Musical Odyssey
 2020 "A Life in Waves" Blu-Ray

 Publikasjonar 

 1991 Suzanne Ciani: New Age Piano (Hal Leonard)
 1995 Suzanne Ciani: Dream Songs (Hal Leonard)
 1999 Suzanne Ciani: Turning (Hal Leonard)
 2007 The Best of Suzanne Ciani (Hal Leonard)

 Filmmusikk 

 1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Universal Pictures)
 1986 Mother Teresa, (Petrie Productions)
 1986 Cradle of wolves (Mexican novel - Televisa Productions)
 2001 Mother Teresa: The Legacy (Petrie Productions)

 Kjelder 

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Kategori:Elektronisk musikk
Kategori:Ambient musikk
Kategori:USA-amerikanske musikarar
Kategori:USA-amerikanske komponistar