Suzanne Ciani

This release includes the live recording of Suzanne Ciani’s quadraphonic sound performance held on 16 June 2023 in Rome.
On a stage raised above water and surrounded by four stone sphinxes, Ciani performed "Improvisation on Four Sequences" in the garden of Villa Lontana, responding to its natural environment. Using dials, knobs and patch cords, the “Diva of the Diode” engages in an elegant dance with the Buchla 200e to produce her groundbreaking electronic music, while always remaining true to her classically inspired sense of melody. This vinyl is QUARK encoded to play in both stereo and Regular Matrix quadraphonic sound. The digital version offers a two-channel master drawn from the same immersive recording. QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts.

Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her eleven 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, reknowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities, has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes.

This release includes the live recording of Suzanne Ciani’s quadraphonic sound performance held on 16 June 2023 in Rome. On a stage raised above water and surrounded by four stone sphinxes, Ciani performed "Improvisation on Four Sequences" in the garden of Villa Lontana, responding to its natural environment. Using dials, knobs and patch cords, the “Diva of the Diode” engages in an elegant dance with the Buchla 200e to produce her groundbreaking electronic music, while always remaining true to her classically inspired sense of melody. This vinyl is QUARK encoded to play in both stereo and Regular Matrix quadraphonic sound. The digital version offers a two-channel master drawn from the same immersive recording. QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts.

Suzanne Ciani was one of the first and finest woman artists to make a name for herself in the world of electronic music. Ciani earned a Masters degree in composition from the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with electronic pioneers Max Matthews, John Chowning, and Don Buchla. In 1975 she moved to New York, where she got involved in the Soho art scene, and also worked with minimalist Philip Glass. She began to hit the big time with the establishment of Ciani Musica, Inc., one of the foremost commercial production companies in the country. Ciani later expanded into film scoring and gained recognition for her work on Lily Tomlin's The Incredible Shrinking Woman as well as the award-winning feature documentary Mother Teresa.

5-time Grammy nominee, composer/pianist Suzanne Ciani presents a classically-inspired contemporary collection of her most romantic compositions. Pure Romance is a selection of very personal works mirroring a deep emotional experience and a true sincerity of feelings, a touching romanticism and an ocean of unspent love.

Silver Ship has won the Indie Award for 2006 for Best New Age Album. A synthesis of both Ciani's classical acoustic and electronic roots, Silver Ship represents her ultimate maturity as an artist. Performers include members of Ciani's group, The Wave, as seen on PBS: Paul McCandless (of Oregon and Bela Fleck) on reeds, flautist Matt Eakle (of the Dave Grisman Quintet), Teja Bell on guitars, and fretless bassist extraordinaire, Michael Manring.

Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her eleven 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, reknowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities, has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes.