Ocean Of Sound | Suzanne Ciani / Thomas Ankersmit / Oren Ambarchi

Live concert and listening sessions in 4DSOUND

Legendary synthesizer pioneer Suzanne Ciani brings an exclusive live show in four-dimensional sound. Known as the ‘diva of the diode’ (a component of the synthesizer), Ciani has been creating electronic music since the 1960s. The five-time Grammy Award nominated composer gained additional fame in 2020 thanks to the documentary Sisters With Transistors and, at age 77, still tours the world for live shows. Her unique approach to composition and sound design has inspired countless musicians over the years. Don't miss this opportunity to see one of key figures in electronic music history live at work.

Before the concert, musicologist and composer Natasha Pirard will go in dialogue with Suzanne Ciani. This Q&A will take place at 19:00 in the Verbeeckzaal, just one floor below the Studio.

Extended guitar hero Oren Ambarchi released in 2022 his well acclaimed album Shebang on the label Drag City. The work features an international all-star cast of musical luminaries, with besides Ambarchi also Chris Abrahams (piano), Johan Berthling (acoustic bass), BJ Cole (pedal steel), Sam Dunscombe (bass clarinet), Jim O'Rourke (synths), Julia Reidy (12-string guitar) and Joe Talia (drums). Their contributions have been recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan yet threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it’s hard to believe they weren’t breathing the same studio air. Shebang is one long ecstatic flow of improvisation, somewhere between minimalism, contemporary electronics, and classic ECM jazz style. It is unmistakably the work of Oren Ambarchi: obsessively detailed, relentlessly rhythmic, unabashedly celebratory.

Listening session in 4DSOUND, the artist doesn’t play live

Credits
Constructed by Oren Ambarchi & Konrad Sprenger at Choose Studios | Spatialized with William Russell and Tilo von Ketelhodt | Special guests Chris Abrahams, Johan Berthling, BJ Cole, Sam Dunscombe, Jim O'Rourke, Julia Reidy, Joe Talia | Executive producer: Dick Wolf | Length: 35’