ondes Martenot glass armonica
cristal Baschet Thomas Bloch
titre Thomas Bloch

musician
performer of rare instruments

"Thomas Bloch is unquestionnably a virtuoso and a musician"
The New York Times




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THOMAS  BLOCH

A large choice of videos by Thomas Bloch playing the glass harmonica, the ondes Martenot and the cristal Baschet on Youtube.
Thomas Bloch and ondes Martenot
Thomas Bloch and
the ondes Martenot
 
 


Thomas Bloch is the musical drector for this Festival dedicated to rare music and instruments.




MUSICIANS



French pianist and composer who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs. This is a link to teh place where he lives.
 
French male soprano (one of the 15 castrato-like voice in the world) who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs since 1989. Their duet is called "crystal voice and glass instruments".

Belgian flutist who frequently play with Thomas Bloch on the glass harmonica in concert.
 

French-belgian viola player, also specialist of rare barytone-violin who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch on the glassharmonica in concert and on CDs.
 
French pianist who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs.
 
French-american pianist who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert.
 
English umlti instrumentalist (didjeridu, musical saw, ukulele...) who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs.

French pianist, celestist, improviser, teacher, radio and television producer who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs.

The best french harpist from the new generation who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert.

French electronic music composer and subaquatic concerts inventor who frequently plays with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs.

Norvegian composer whose works are frequently premiered and played by Thomas Bloch on onde Martenot and glassarmonica in concert.
 
Italian composer whose works are frequently played by Thomas Bloch in concert (musical theatre).

French composer, executive producer and arranger for songs who frequently invites Thomas Bloch for recording sessions.
 
The musical score editing firm Questions de tempéraments which is the publisher of Thomas Bloch's "Formule" for ondes Martenot and the recording label Erol Records.
  
The franco american composer Etienne Rolin with who Thomas Bloch plays frequently in concerts and on CDs.
 
The human beat box funky hip hop band co-produced by Thomas Bloch.

All the male sopranos, including those who frequently play with Thomas Bloch in concert and on CDs : Patrick Husson (dit le jardinier), Jörg Waschinski, Fabrice di Falco.
 
The male soprano solo who sings Thomas Bloch's Missa Cantate for voice and symphony orchestra.
 
Jean Boucault and Johnny Rasse, probably the best birds singers in the world. Astonishing and poetic.
 
An excellent glassharp player who lives in Italy.
 



MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS


Master glassblower Gerhard Finkenbeiner website, who rediscovered the glass harmonica in 1982 (maker, shop). Thomas Bloch plays his instruments especially made for him.
Thomas Bloch - Gerhard Finkenbeiner
Thomas Bloch
and Gerhard Finkenbeiner
A well-documented article dedicated to the glass armonica for those who read German.

Bernard and François Baschet official website and their instruments.
 
Frederic Bousquet's website, the cristal Baschet maker.
 
The international organisation whose members are glassmusic lovers, glass instruments players (glassharmonica, glassharp, seraphim, musicla glasses, cristal Baschet, crystal violin, glass percussions...).
 
Some major glassharmonica players.
 
An excellent polish musical glasses duet (seraphim).
  
All electric instruments from 1700 to 1990.
 
Alexis Faucomprez website, the best "lame sonore" (singing blade - musical saw without teeth) maker. Thomas Bloch plays one of his instruments especially made for him.
 
A swiss made website (in French) dedicated to all Theremin instruments with many pictures, audio...
 
A strange and nice instrument invented by Richard Water in 1969. Thomas Bloch plays one of his "megabass" instruments especially made for him.





RECORDING, LABELS



The international label in which Thomas Bloch has published his recent personal CDs (music for ondes Martenot, music for glassharmonica, Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, Edgard Varese's Ecuatorial, Thomas Bloch's Missa Cantate...).
 
French sound engineer Philippe Avril and his recording studio where several CDs by thomas Bloch were made : music for glassharmonica, Missa Cantate (mixage), Floid...
  





VARIOUS


To visit the wonderfull Foundation located on the French riviera where Thomas Bloch was a composer and a player in residence.
 
The Paris Cité de la Musique and the Musical Museum where Thomas Bloch frequently plays since its opening in 1997.
 
 
(Glassharmonica) - Mozart appréciait la percussion du verre. And many other musical spoonerisms (in french...)
 
Awesome. But take care to your ears !
 

Links to numerous french artists, studios, companies, ensembles...
 
For those who are passionate by or drive an english Lotus car.
 
For french people who are passionate by or drive and english Lotus car.
 
7 days meteorological previsions for your Lotus trips (and for others too).
 
Some inspiration, but moderately... and never before a Lotus trip.
 
Claude-Samuel Levine, webmaster of this website with Thomas Bloch, also a composer and an ondist.
 




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