Suzanne Ciani

Suzanne Ciani is a world-renowned American composer and composer, a major star of contemporary electronic music. The young Ciani's passion and curiosity for music eventually led her to a master's degree in composition at the University of California, Berkeley. It was there that he met the famous musical inventor Don Buchla, whose synthesizer, which bears his name, had a major influence on Ciani's work. His innovative use of the analogue modular instrument remains central to his musical repertoire to this day.

His career began in the 1970s when he moved to New York. As a performer, he combines elements of ambient, new age and neo-classical music with a perfect sense of proportion. He has released numerous albums, several of which, such as the breakthrough "Seven Waves" (1982) and "The Velocity of Love" (1986), are landmarks in the genre. He has also gained acclaim for his commercial work, creating iconic sound effects and music for commercials, video games and films. Familiar pop-culture sounds such as the famous Atari sound logo, Xenon pinball and Coca-Cola hiss are all Ciani's work.

His contributions to music and technology have earned him numerous awards (Keyboard Magazine, Moog Innovation Award, A2IM Independent Icon Award, The Golden Ear Award, SEAMUS Award) and honors, including five Grammy nominations. He continues to be a sought-after speaker and educator, regularly sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation of musicians, while his improvisational performances are known and loved worldwide for their captivating nature. Suzanne Ciani's work and oeuvre has had a significant impact not only in the music industry but also in the art world at large, extending to the wider frontiers of audio technology and the arts. She is an outstanding artist of our time.

DORINA TAKÁCS & FANNI ZAHÁR

Dorina Takács, also known as Дeva, is a composer, singer and performer from Budapest. The young artist has exploded onto the Hungarian popular music scene like a comet. She writes, produces and sings her songs and also creates her album covers. Her special music takes the listener to an ancient land - her songs are characterised by atmospheric soft sounds, silky pulsating bass and polyphonic mantras drawn from the mystical world of Hungarian folk songs.

Fanni Zahár is a flutist, saxophonist, producer and DJ (Zakharov), a well-known musician of her age, a member and contributor to numerous formations. She regularly performs with projects such as the Berlin-Hungarian afro/jazz band Ábáse, the Rotterdam-based Brintex Collective, the Swedish-German-Hungarian all-female techno trio Lilith's Rib, and is a regular guest in Дeva's band. In his travels he has worked with names such as SunRa Arkestra, Joe Armon Jones and Pat Thomas.

They prepare for the evening with a collaborative process music ritual, experimentation with ancient mantras and vocal-flute-electronica improvisations.

NATALIE SZENDE

Natalie Szende (or SZENDE) is an electroacoustic composer, actor and producer who moved from Berlin to Budapest in the autumn of 2023, making her Hungarian debut at Gólya in November and later performing at the Budapest Music Center. His work has been performed in symphony halls, theatres, cinemas, churches and clubs. In his compositional practice, he creates hauntological fantasies by synthesizing different performance contexts. Natalie studies electronic composition at the Academy of Music. Most recently she has worked on music for theatre productions, which have been presented at Trafo and Deutsche Theater. Winner of the Telekom Electronic Beats "Selector" talent selection.