Suzanne Ciani on Synthesis, Advertising and New Age | Red Bull Music Academy

In her lecture at the 2016 Red Bull Music Academy, pioneering synthesizer artist Suzanne Ciani recounts her lifelong relationship with the Buchla synthesizer and its inventor, and the varied paths she took as an artist over the years. #RBMA #Buchla TOPICS: 00:57 - Meeting Don Buchla 18:45 - Lincoln Center letdown 21:34 - Art and advertising 34:43 - Female innovators 38:33 - Seven waves 49:19 - Back to the Buchla A true synthesizer pioneer, Suzanne Ciani’s love of electronic music began in 1968 during a field trip to MIT. However, it was her decade-long adventure mastering the Buchla 200 that would define her career. Unable to secure interest from labels, Ciani worked on commercials, and starting in the late ’80s she redefined herself again as a five-time Grammy-nominated new age artist. Her latest work, in a long career full of fascinating turns, is a collaborative effort with fellow Buchla player Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/10OyDHc ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0