Christine Ott

French composer and musician

piano
Ondes Martenot
voice
jazz

Born: 10 August 1963
Strasbourg
Country: France
Active: 1995–

Biography

Christine Ott is a jazz musician who plays piano, Ondes Martenot and voice. Christine Ott was born on 10 August 1963 in Strasbourg. The music is usually filed under jazz and crossover.

Christine Ott (born 10 August 1963) 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.

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