If you’ve seen television commercials from the 1980s, you’ve probably heard Suzanne Ciani, even if you don’t realize it. Do you remember the sound of a Coke can being popped and poured? The space-age ...

She might not be a household name, but Suzanne Ciani has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. Her five Grammy nominations are just the start of it. In 1974, the musician, sound designer, ...

Suzanne Ciani is a pioneer of electronic music, a composer and a classically trained pianist. At Moogfest at the Durham Armory Saturday night, audience members will get to hear her create electronic ...

Suzanne Ciani's start in music was traditional enough. She was classically trained, majored in music at Wellesley College, and got a fellowship to study composition at UC Berkeley. But when she ...

Join Reflections for a historic evening with trailblazing electronic music composer Suzanne Ciani. We’re thrilled to present her in quadraphonic sound in LA at the stunning FCCLA church, a neo-gothic ...

Those familiar with Suzanne Ciani only through her series of mannered 1990s solo piano releases likely had their minds blown last night (March 2) at New York’s Church of Heavenly Rest, as the ...

Nearly 500 people flocked to Seattle First Baptist Church on a Saturday night to experience ambient music made on Buchla synthesizers, a rarefied instrument seldom spotted on stages. Does this city ...

The music of Suzanne Ciani ranges from the purely commercial in the most literal sense to abstract, futuristic, electronic art tones. In the 1970s and ’80s, her company Ciani/Musica made electronic ...

Laurie Spiegel and Suzanne Ciani have lived parallel lives. Both began exploring the sonic possibilities of modular synthesizers, particularly the Buchla 200, in the late 1960s. Both were at the ...

“The record companies thought that a female artist should be singing,” says the 77-year-old Bolinas resident. “And because I didn’t sing, they didn’t know what to do with me.” The album, “Seven Waves, ...

BRATTLEBORO — She's been called the "Diva of the Diode" and the "Queen of Quadraphonic Sound." Those are apt descriptions of Suzanne Ciani, a legendary synthesizer composer and electronic music ...

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