Ondes Martenot / virtuosistic "Formule" by Thomas Bloch-1996

Thomas Bloch: http://www.thomasbloch.net - "Formule" is one of the most virtuosistic piece written for solo ondes Martenot, composed by and played here by the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch himself (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet, waterphone...) who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz, John Cage as with most prestigious classical soloists and orchestras in the world (Milano Scala, Paris opera...).
Video recorded during the world premiere of the piece (May 5, 1996). Some parts of this work were later modified by the composer.
For a much better filmed version and a more recent versions you can see two other videos on youtube :
Live in the Barbican Center (London) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6Fk0gLFog
TV version (short excerpt) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to1CfKK9qFo

Other names : Ones Martenot (Catalan), Ondas Martenot (Spain, Portugal), Martenot waves (English), Onde Martenot (Italy), Fale Martenota (Poland), 0™0Û0...0˚0fi0Î0»0Œ (Japan) - wrong name : Martinot

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[theo9952]

very  impressive music and sound.

it is a pity though, that the video does not allow us to see how he manipulates this amazing early type of synthesizer.