Education
Bloch obtained a Master"s Degree in Musicology at the University of Strasbourg where he studied with Marc Honegger.
Bloch obtained a Master"s Degree in Musicology at the University of Strasbourg where he studied with Marc Honegger.
Notable collaborations (concerts or recordings) include Radiohead, John Cage, Daft Punk, Damon Albarn / Gorillaz, Philip Clemo, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits and Bob Wilson He currently lives in Paris, France. He is acknowledged as an expert in the following rare instruments: the glass harmonica, the ondes Martenot and the Cristal Baschet. He has given thousands of performances in forty countries and taken part in more than eighty recordings all over the world.
He performs in genres that span classical, contemporary, jazz, rock, ballet, world music, theatre and film score/soundtrack.
As a soloist of rare instruments, he plays the complete classical and modern repertoire (including Messiaen, Varèse, and Richard Strauss) and also ten to fifteen premieres from contemporary music each year (Michel Redolfi, Regis Campo, Étienne Rolin, and others) and popular music composers (Jonny Greenwood, Damon Albarn). He also performs in many recording sessions.
Bloch has taught ondes Martenot at the Strasbourg Conservatoire since 1992, is responsible for presentations of instruments at the Paris Musée de la Musique, and is a musical director for music publishers, for the Évian Music Festival (France) and for the Glass Music International Festival 2005 in Paris Cité de la Musique (France). Among his many appearances and performances are the following: Amadeus (for the 2001 Digital Video Disc edition), soloist in Milan Louisiana Scala (where he gave the first performance of the original version with glass harmonica of The Mad Scene from Donizetti"s Lucia di Lammermoor) during a recital, and a tour with Tom Waits, Bob Wilson and Marianne Faithfull in The Black Rider (2004–2006).
Bloch has performed for numerous movies and is a member of various ensembles.