Behind Suzanne Ciani’s sweet, classically-derived melodies is an avant-gardist who came of age with the Buchla modular synthesizer in the 1970s. We hear both sides when she plays live.
Living Room Concerts
Suzanne Ciani, performing Live On Echoes
Tag: Buchla
Reviews & Commentary
Charles Cohen, Electronic Explorer, Leaves the Planet R.I.P.
Charles Cohen, an electronic explorer who helped fuel the Philadelphia electronic music scene for nearly half a century has died. He found success for his wonderful music late in life.
Playlists
Thursday, July 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1727D
Suzanne Ciani came to renown for her New Age music but she’s gone back to her roots with experimental electronic music and the Buchla synthesizer. She plays both live on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Suzanne Ciani Returns to Electronic Music
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
After abandoning synthesizers for many years, Suzanne Ciani has returned to electronic music, creating improvisations on her first electronic instrument, the Buchla Modular Synthesizer.
Playlists
Tuesday April 11th, 2017-Echoes Program 1715B
Suzanne Ciani came to renown for her New Age music but she’s gone back to her roots with experimental electronic music and the Buchla synthesizer. She plays both live on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Electronic Icon Morton Subotnick in Echoes Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon, signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Tuesday March 28th, 2017-Echoes Program1713B
Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Suzanne Ciani’s Buchla Excursions
Suzanne Ciani is known for her romantic keyboard compositions, but she started out as an avant-garde electronic composer. You can hear that side on a new album, Buchla Concerts 1975. John Diliberto looks back at this seminal work and time.