Bianca Froese-Acquaye

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Bianca Froese-Acquaye
Born
Bianca Acquaye

1964 (age 5960)
Known forPainter, photographer, producer, vocalist
Spouse Edgar Froese
Website Official website

Bianca Froese-Acquaye is an artist, author and painter. She is the manager of the band Tangerine Dream. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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In 2002 she married Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese, they remained married until his death in 2015. [8]

She performed vocals on the 2002 Tangerine Dream album Inferno .

She is the co-author of Edgar Froese's autobiography Force Majeure. [9] Bianca Froese-Acquaye co-produced the TV-documentary Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World [10] and the longer cine version Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream, [11] directed by Margarete Kreuzer.

The 2014 Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack album The Cinematographic Score — GTA 5 was composed and produced by Edgar Froese, while Bianca Froese-Acquaye provided the cover art and acted as executive producer. [12]

Personal life

Froese-Acquaye is of mixed German and Ghanaian descent. [13]

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