Thomas Bloch, born in Colmar, France, is regarded worldwide as one of the most important performers of rare musical instruments (ondes martenot, glass harmonica and crystal baschet), both in the field of classical music and contemporary and experimental music, as well as opera, improvisation, chanson, rock, theatre, film music, dance and world music. He is also working as a composer and producer.

Winner of a First Prize in Ondes Martenot from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (Jeanne Loriod's class) and holder of a Master's degree in Musicology from the University of Strasbourg, Thomas Bloch has performed more than 3000 concerts in 40 countries, appeared in more than 200 radio and television broadcasts and appears on more than 150 records. Among some notable collaborations are Radiohead, John Cage, Gorillaz / Damon Albarn (»Monkey: Journey to the West«), Daft Punk (»Random Access Memory«), Tom Waits / Marianne Faithfull / Bob Wilson (»The Black Rider«), Emilie Simon / Luc Jacquet (»The Emperor's March«), Milos Forman (»Amadeus – Long Version«).

Bloch has been professor of Ondes Martenot at the Strasbourg Conservatoire since 1992 and at the Académie Supérieure since 2012. From 2005 to 2011 he was artistic director of the Evian Festival as well as the Glass Music International Festival (Cité de la Musique, Paris) and has also worked on various musicals.

In addition, Bloch has also been responsible for the presentation of his instruments at the Paris Music Museum since its opening (1997). As a soloist of rare instruments, he interprets almost the entire classical and contemporary repertoire composed for them (Messiaen, Varèse, Honegger, Jolivet, Bussotti, Mozart, Donizetti, Hasse, Bach, Beethoven, Richard Strauss...). Around ten new works are created every year, whether in the field of contemporary music (Michel Redolfi, Regis Campo, Etienne Rolin, Bernard Wisson, Jan Erik Mikalsen, among others) or popular music (Jonny Greenwood, Damon Albarn, Tom Waits and many others).