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    Lightscape: Suzanne Ciani

    Illustration for Lightscape: Suzanne Ciani

    Thursday, July 30, 2026

    7:00 PM

    The Shed

    545 W 30th St, Hudson Yards

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Suzanne Ciani, an American composer and sound designer who began in the 1970s creating electronic music and custom sound for film and advertising, presents a live set at The Shed. Her practice centers on synthesizers and spatial presentation, including long-running quadraphonic experiments, and her performances favor precision and architectural form over spectacle. She is a five-time Grammy nominee in the New Age field.

    About Lightscape: Suzanne Ciani

    At The Shed, Suzanne Ciani performs live electronic music rooted in the experiments that helped define American synth culture in the 1970s. A composer and sound designer associated with early quadraphonic work and multiple Grammy nominations in the New Age field, she treats the room itself as part of the instrument. In New York, her appearances carry a local resonance, tracing a lineage from downtown minimalism to today’s spatial sound practices. The performance functions less as a concert than as a study in how technology shapes listening.

    About the Artist

    Suzanne Ciani

    Suzanne Ciani

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    Suzanne Ciani is an American composer and sound designer who built her early career in the 1970s creating electronic music and custom sound work for film and commercial media. Her practice centers on synthesizers and spatial presentation, including long-running experiments with quadraphonic setups.