Born July 1, 1975 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Genres Indie folk chamber pop folk tronicaindie rock electronica Occupations Musician singer songwriter Instrument(s) Vocals · guitar · banjo · guitalin · keyboard · woodwinds · percussion Discography Sufjan Stevens discography Years active 1995–present Sufjan Stevens (/ˈsuːfjɑːn/ SOOF-yahn; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nominations. His debut album, A Sun Came, was released in 2000 on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he co-founded with his stepfather. He received wide recognition for his 2005 album Illinois, which hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the single "Chicago" from that album. Stevens later contributed to the soundtrack of the 2017 film Call Me by Your Name. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for the soundtrack's lead single, "Mystery of Love". Stevens has released albums of varying styles, from the electronica of The Age of Adz and the lo-fi folk of Seven Swans to the symphonic instrumentation of Illinois and Yuletide-themed Songs for Christmas. He employs various instruments, often playing many of them hims Sufjan Stevens，美国创作歌手，作曲家和多乐器演奏家，于1975年7月出生在密歇根底特律，在北密歇根长大，曾就读于密歇根州荷兰的霍普学院，并在新社会研究学院攻读作家硕士学位，曾居住在纽约布鲁克林并创作了一系列作品，现居卡茨基尔(纽约州北部)。他的发行公司Athmatic Kitty由他和他的继父Lowell Brams创立。 他还是Danielson的成员，其中包括Daniel、Elin、Andrew、David、Lenny、Ida、Lilly Smith、Megan、Jedidiah Slaboda、Rachel Galloway、Christiaan、Melissa Palladino。Elin，Daniel和Megan在他的几首歌曲中均担任主唱，Daniel也为Sufjan创作。 他还曾经是Marzuki（以Sufjan的哥哥Marzuki Stevens命名的组织）的成员。该小组由Shannon Stephens，Jamie Kempkers和Matthew Haseltine组成。 除发行专辑外，Sufjan还为电影《Eve》（由Natalie Portman执导）评分，此外，他还与Justin Peck合作，为多个芭蕾舞剧评分，并由他的朋友和电影制片人Kaleo La Belle拍摄了许多纪录片，包括《Crooked River》（与Sufjan和他的哥哥Marzuki有关），《Beyond This Place》和《Fell in Love with a Girl》。