Suzanne Ciani

Suzanne Ciani: The Buchla's Orchestral Homecoming

by Lawrence Peryer
July 25, 2026

This week, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on five-time Grammy-nominated composer Suzanne Ciani.Suzanne has spent decades innovating electronic music on the Buchla synthesizer, an instrument as intimate to her as any acoustic musician's.Suzanne has multiple projects out this year: CIANI/ORKEST, a live album with the fifty-piece Metropole Orkest, conducted by Simon Dobson; a collaborative live album with British electronic producer Actress; and the score for John Wilson's idiosyncratic new documentary, The History of Concrete.We ...

Radio & Podcasts

Suzanne Ciani, Dee Alexander, Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Coco Elysses, Renee Baker And More

by Lawrence Peryer
July 23, 2026

This week opens in memoriam: a tribute EP for the late AACM pianist and educator Ann “Mama Ann" Ward, played by the Chicago improvisers who came up under her. From there the hour turns to two young horn players remaking their own instrument's vocabulary, before settling into this week's TheTonearm.com lineup: Suzanne Ciani's synthesizer music rescored for orchestra, Seattle's own forró sextet Foleada sharing a set with Shana Falana, a forty-year-old Arthur Russell collaboration only now seeing release, and fifteen ...

Performance / Tour

An Evening with Suzanne Ciani at Merkin Concert Hall Tuesday, November 7 Featured guest flautist Matt Eakle

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2006

Five-time Grammy nominated Composer, recording artist, and winner of this year's Indie Award for Best New Age Album, Suzanne Ciani will perform with featured guest flautist Matt Eakle (Dave Grisman) in a rare stateside concert at Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 7 at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the box office by calling (212) 501-3330 or by visiting online at www.kaufman- center.org Ciani is best loved for her 15 albums of original music, which feature her performances in ...
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