Suzanne Ciani

**Suzanne Ciani** er en amerikansk musiker, lyddesigner, komponist og plateselskap-leder, født 4. juni 1946.

Hun fikk tidlig suksess på 1970-tallet med sin elektroniske musikk og sine lydeffekter for filmer og TV-reklamer. Karrieren hennes har inkludert verk med kvadrafonisk lyd. Hennes suksess med elektronisk musikk har fått henne kalt "Diva of the Diode" og "Amerikas første kvinnelige synthhelt".

Hun har blitt nominert til en Grammy Award for beste New Age-album fem ganger, *Neverland* (1988), *Hotel Luna* (1991), *Dream Suite* (1996), *Pianissimo II* (1997), *Turning* (2000). Kvad

*Buchla Concerts 1975* fikk en 39. plass på Pitchfork sin liste over 50 beste ambient album, The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time.

## Priser og utmerkelser

* 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
**Studio album**

* *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)

**Live album**

* *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)

### Medvirkende på andres 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

## Publikasjoner

* 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)

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