RARE INSTRUMENTS SOLOIST . GLASSHARMONICA - ONDES MARTENOT - CRISTAL BASCHET . PERFORMANCES - CONCERTS – GROUPS .
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Details on repertoires appear on pages dedicated to the instruments (See the main page).
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SOLO RECITALS
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Original works from 18th century music to today’s music.
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Some recent works can use tape-recordings (electro-acoustic).
One, two or three instruments used according to request.
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CONCERTS WITH AN ORCHESTRA
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WITH AN ORCHESTRA
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MOZART, HASSE, MESSIAEN, VARESE, HONEGGER, R.STRAUSS, DONIZETTI, LANDOWSKI, new works...
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As a soloist or as a musician of the ranks.
. with conductor Michel Plasson  .
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CHAMBER MUSIC
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DUET / TRIO WITH RARE INSTRUMENTS AND CRYSTAL-CLEAR VOICE (MALE SOPRANO)
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An ensemble unique in the world ! From works of the baroque period to today’s works (PERGOLESI, BROSCHI / FARINELLI, MONTEVERDI, HAENDEL, MOZART, VERDI, FAURE, POULENC, new works…). There are only about fifteen male sopranos in the world. They are doubtless the closest heirs of FARINELLI and the castrati.
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Two possible male sopranos : Fabrice DI FALCO - Patrick HUSSON ( called "le jardinier" ).
Alone or together, in duets or trios with Thomas BLOCH's rare instruments and/or piano and/or harpsichord.
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DUET RARE INSTRUMENTS AND PIANO
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Works from 18th century music to today’s music (new works) and to jazz, in solos and in duets. Works with piano (originals and transcriptions of ensemble works) from MOZART, REICHARDT, SOMBACH, FAURE, MESSIAEN, BLOCH, WISSON... Some recent works use tape-recordings.
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Thomas BLOCH (rare instruments, composition, improvisations)  Bernard WISSON (piano, organ, composition, also jazz musician)

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DUET MICHEL REDOLFI - THOMAS BLOCH
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Works from 18th century music to today’s music. Space design, sounds and possibly visual design of different places (swimming pools - subaquatic music-, sea, open air, churches, streets, concert halls, factories…)
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Michel REDOLFI (composition, space design, sound environment, multicanals mixing, electro-acoustic music)   Thomas BLOCH (composition, rare instruments)

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TRIO FINE TUNING
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Experimental music, free jazz, contemporary music.
The Trio can be associated with other musicians, voices, ballet, painting, literature... .

Etienne ROLIN (saxophone, flutes, electro-acoustic devices),   Thomas BLOCH (rare instruments)   Kent CARTER (bass)

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TRIO WITH RARE INSTRUMENTS, CRYSTAL-CLEAR VOICE (male soprano) AND PIANO
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All the repertoires and the musicians presented above (See : duet with male soprano, duet with piano).
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PARIS ONDES MARTENOT QUARTET
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Eclectic repertoire (from first pieces composed for the instrument to jazz) and sometimes «on the fringe» music : MESSIAEN, CHARPENTIER, JOLIVET, TOUCHARD, LEVINE, WISSON, new works…
From solo performances to quartet performances.
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Four musicians from Paris Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique.  Thomas BLOCH  Christine OTT  Monique PIERROT  Bruno PERRAULT

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PARIS ONDES MARTENOT QUARTET AND GUESTS
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Thomas BLOCH, besides ondes Martenot, also plays the Glassharmonica.
Rare mixed tones, a bridge between Benjamin FRANKLIN, FARINELLI and Maurice MARTENOT. A repertoire from the 18th century to jazz and new works.
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The Paris Ondes Martenot Quartet can invite a few artists, among others :
Jeanne LORIOD (ondes martenot)
Françoise COCHET (ondes martenot)
Fabrice DI FALCO (sopraniste)
Bernard WISSON (piano)
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QUINTET WITH GLASSHARMONICA
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From solo performances to quintet performances with a Glassharmonica (MOZART, REICHARDT…) as well as the extensive quartet repertoires.
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Thomas BLOCH can give performances with the quartets he usually plays with :
the BRUSSELS VIRTUOSI : flute, oboe, viola and cello (Marc Grauwels, Veronique Bogaerts, Jacques Dupriez, Marie Hallynck)
the ORLANDO QUARTET (strings)
the ROSAMONDE QUARTET (strings)
the ALHAMBRA QUARTET (strings)
or with a group of your own choice.
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INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE WITH GLASSHARMONICA 
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From solo performance to all the original repertoire for Glassharmonica and string quartet, flute, oboe, bass… MOZART (Adagio und Rondo K. 617 for Glassharmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello), REICHARDT (Glassharmonica, string quartet and bass). As an addition to a program, from a duet to a quintet either with a flute or an oboe, from MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SÜSSMAIER...
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Thomas BLOCH can give performances with a group of your own choice or with the musicians he usually plays with : the BRUSSELS VIRTUOSI (conducted by the flutist Marc GRAUWELS, with international soloists and prize winners of the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Music Competition), the ROSAMONDE QUARTET, the ORLANDO QUARTET, the SOLOISTS OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL ORCHESTRAS (Capitole de Toulouse, Paris…), Philippe BERNOLD, Andras ADORJAN (flute), Maurice BOURGUE, Ingo GORITZKY (oboe), Vladimir MENDELSSOHN, Jean SULEM (viola), Cristoph HENKEL, Xavier GAGNEPAIN (cello), Marc MARDER (bass)...
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MISCELLANEOUS
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- Theater-music, movie music, advertising;
- Ballet-music, jazz, new works, improvisations, songs, rock, recording sessions ;
- «Vexations» (1892) by Erik SATIE : alone at the piano during 24 hours ;
- Presentations in schools, in Universities, in music schools, masterclasses...
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