Suzanne Ciani
Artist Biography
Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes.
Currently, Ciani resides in Northern California where, in 1995, she established her own record label, Seventh Wave. Ciani felt the need to own and control her own creative work. "In many ways, this label represents the culmination of the long journey of my evolution as a recording artist," says Ciani.
In the eighties and early nineties, in order to finance her recording projects, Ciani brought her expertise to Madison Avenue. Her New York-based commercial production company, Ciani-Musica, Inc., was the leader in the field of sound design and TV spot scoring, creating award-winning music for a host of high profile Fortune 500 clients, including Coca-Cola, Merrill Lynch, AT&T and General Electric. Additionally, Ciani has scored the Lily Tomlin feature 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman,' and 'Mother Teresa', as well as scoring for the TV daytime serial 'One Life to Live'.
In the early nineties, Ciani relocated to northern California to concentrate on her artistic career from her seaside studio. She has toured extensively throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, including Italy, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, and Asia.
Her many recognitions include five Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album, an INDIE award for Best New Age Album, numerous Clios, a Golden Globe, Keyboard Magazine's "New Age Keyboardist of the Year," and the 2017 Moog Innovation Award.
Ciani is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters in Music Composition from the University of California at Berkeley. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work by filmmakers Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason, debuted at SXSW in 2017.
Discography
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Buchla Concert At Galeria Bonino New York April 1974
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKR118DL
- Release Date
- August 2, 2024
- LP
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Improvisation On Four Sequences (Live at Week-End Fest)
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- Week-End Records
- Catalogue Number
- WE3 D
- Release Date
- September 15, 2023
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Improvisation on Four Sequences Live at Festival Antigel
- Label
- Atmospheric
- Catalogue Number
- 117645
- Release Date
- September 17, 2021
- LP
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- A Sonic Womb: Live Buchla Performance at Lapsus
- Label
- Lapsus
- Catalogue Number
- LPS25D
- Release Date
- September 18, 2020
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Flowers Of Evil
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKR099DL
- Release Date
- June 7, 2019
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Help, Help, The Globolinks!
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKR094DL
- Release Date
- November 10, 2017
- LP
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Fish Music
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKSP011DL
- Release Date
- May 19, 2017
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Buchla Concerts 1975
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKR082LP
- Release Date
- April 22, 2016
- LP
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Liberator
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- CACHE013DL
- Release Date
- June 30, 2014
- 7″
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Seven Waves
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- 015EGGSDL
- Release Date
- November 5, 2012
- CD
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- ReleaseProduct
- Lixiviation
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKR053DL
- Release Date
- February 13, 2012
- CD
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Merchandise
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani
- Merch
- A Sonic Womb Sweatshirt
- Label
- Lapsus
- Release Date
- September 18, 2020
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- VINT
- Label
- Lapsus
- Catalogue Number
- LPS40D
- Release Date
- October 18, 2024
- LP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- VINT
- Label
- Lapsus
- Catalogue Number
- LPS40D
- Release Date
- October 18, 2024
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Spaciousness 2
- Label
- Lo Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- Lo180DA
- Release Date
- August 6, 2021
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- Artist
- Coldcut, Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith featuring Mixmaster Morris
- ReleaseProduct
- @0 EP1
- Label
- Ahead Of Our Time
- Catalogue Number
- AHEDDNL032M
- Release Date
- October 5, 2021
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Ism Hexadome At Mass Moca
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- Institute For Sound & Music
- Catalogue Number
- ISM001
- Release Date
- July 16, 2021
- LP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Finders Keepers Records x Bleep
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- FKRXBLEEP
- Release Date
- November 27, 2015
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- Artist
- Suzanne Ciani/Clone
- ReleaseProduct
- Logo Presentation Reel 1985 (Instrumentals)/Octabred
- Label
- Finders Keepers Records
- Catalogue Number
- DIM009DL
- Release Date
- April 7, 2014
- LP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Andy Votel presents Music Minus Music
- Label
- Fat City
- Catalogue Number
- FC104D
- Release Date
- February 29, 2012
- LP
- CD
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