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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