Christine Ott

{{Short description|French musician (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| background = person

| name = Christine Ott

| image = ChristineOttOndesMartenot.jpg

| image_size = 250

| alt = Christine Ott wearing a dark sleeveless top, appearing to play a keyboard instrument onstage while looking upward

| caption = Ott in 2013

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|08|10}}

| birth_place = Strasbourg, France

| genre = {{hlist|Classical crossover|avant-garde|experimental|free improvisation|art music|contemporary classical}}

| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}

| instruments = {{hlist|Ondes Martenot|piano|keyboards|vocals}}

| origin =

| years_active = 1995–present

| label = Gizeh Records, Nahal Recordings

| website = {{URL|christineott.fr}}

}}

Christine Ott (born 10 August 1963){{cite web | url=http://federation-martenot.fr/Alsace-Christine-Ott-maitresse-des | title=Alsace: Christine Ott, maîtresse des ondes Martenot – L'Alsace | website=Federation-Martenot.fr | language=fr | access-date=1 April 2018}} is a French pianist, vocalist, ondist,[http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/paris/films/593/city_of_light_making_the_ondes_martenot_speak, "Making the Ondes Martnot Speak"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205124340/http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/paris/films/593/city_of_light_making_the_ondes_martenot_speak |date=5 February 2020 }}, on de London philharmonia website, music by Christine Ott 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/christine-ott-only-silence-remains|title='Ott's compositions are shadowy and minimal, the melodies subtly sketched, and arrangements given space and light. It makes for a set that rewards repeated listens'|publisher=the skinny|last=Kaill|first=Gary|date=13 May 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132502/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/christine-ott-only-silence-remains|archive-date=14 September 2018}} Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) in 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/christine-ott-chimeres-review-2646053924.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 |title=Christine Ott Brings the Ondes Martenot to New Heights with the Mesmerizing 'Chimères' |publisher=Popmatters |last=Ingalls|first=Chris |date=27 May 2020 |access-date=20 March 2024}} and Time to Die in 2021. She also composed the soundtrack for F. W. Murnau's Tabu{{cite web|url=https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/features/11028|title='Christine Ott's score for F. W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty's 1931 silent film Tabu instigates a particularly profound atmospheric overhaul'|publisher=ATTN:magazine|last=Chuter|first=Jack|date=15 December 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132559/https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/features/11028|archive-date=14 September 2018}} 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,{{cite web |url=https://www.otroscines.com/nota?idnota=13752 |title=Climatic, minimalist, intoxicating, hypnotic and at times surrealistic in its circular structure, Manta Ray has an unusually seductive capacity for a first film (the musical contribution of the French duo composed of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry is also precious). |publisher=Otros Cines |last=Batlle|first=Diego |date=9 September 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185446/https://www.otroscines.com/nota?idnota=13752|archive-date=13 September 2018}} 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."{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/24/the-10-best-contemporary-music-albums-of-2020 |title=The 10 best contemporary music albums of 2020 |work=The Guardian |last=Lewis|first=John |date=24 December 2020 |access-date=20 March 2024}}