Christine Ott
Christine Ott is a French pianist, vocalist, ondist, and composer.
She was a member of Yann Tiersen's band for eight years and played in classical orchestras for ten. She has collaborated with Tindersticks, Syd Matters, and Jean-Philippe Goude.
Ott has released four solo albums: Solitude Nomade in 2009, Only Silence Remains in 2016, Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) in 2020 and Time to Die in 2021. She also composed the soundtrack for F. W. Murnau's Tabu in 2016. She has created several live soundtracks shows, including for Lotte Reiniger's movies and Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North.
Ott formed the duo Snowdrops with Mathieu Gabry in 2015. Together, they composed the original score for Manta Ray, by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, and in 2020, they released the album Volutes, on Injazero Records. The Guardian selected the release among its ten best contemporary discs of 2020, writing, "what's remarkable is how radically different Christine Ott manages to make the ondes sound on each track: from a primeval, guttural sound on the 13-minute Odysseus to a chirruping boy soprano on Ultraviolet."
Discography
Solo
Solitude Nomade Only Silence Remains Tabu Nanook of the North with Torsten Böttcher Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) Time to Die Éclats The Lotus Path with Manuel HermiaSnowdrops
Volutes Inner Fires Missing Island- ''Singing Stones ''
As guest or session musician
Tout sera comme avant by Dominique A Contre le centre by Mobiil Le point de coté by Dominique Petitgand Plays the Residents by Narcophony Fragile by Têtes Raides Aux solitudes by Jean-Philippe Goude Ghost Days by Syd Matters A l'attaque by Loïc Lantoine Ersatz by Julien Doré The dark age of love by This Immortal Coil 613 by Chapelier Fou Tels Alain Bashung, Aucun express Everything was story by Raphelson Ghost Surfer by Cascadeur Unworks & Rarities by Oiseaux-Tempête Earth by Foudre! Chopin Residue by Mariusz Szypurawith Yann TiersenL'Absente Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain by Jean-Pierre Jeunet C'était ici Les retrouvailles On Tour Tabarly / Pierre Marcel
Soundtracks
Personal works
La fin du silence by Roland Edzard Minute Bodies by Stuart Staples, Thomas Belhom, and Christine Ott Manta Ray by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, with ''Snowdrops''Collaborations
Swing / Tony Gatlif 35 rhums / Claire Denis by Tindersticks Les Salauds by Tindersticks- Claire Denis Film Scores by Tindersticks Ou va la nuit / Martin Provost by Hughes Tabar-Noval
Ciné-concerts and performances
Tabu Nanook of the North 24h of a Woman's Life with Michel Druez Stories & Légends by Lotte Reiniger; "Lotte, mon amour" Iranian Tales- ''Aran''
Classical music
- "Les trois petites liturgies de la présence divine"
- "Les Adieux" by Marcel Landowski
- "Il Mantello", opéra by Luciano Chailly
- "Ecuatorial" by Edgard Varèse
- "Les Innatendus III"