Snowdrops celebrates musical freedom. Formed in 2015 by Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry, the french chamber duo is driven by a deeply personal approach to composition, improvisation and orchestration. The pair drew from a unique combination of contemporary classical, jazz, electronic music and ambient, and spent the first few years of their partnership on various collaborations, from theater plays, AV shows to films scores.
Most notably, Snowdrops composed the acclaimed soundtrack to Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s first feature Manta Ray, which won the Lion Award for Best Film at the 2018 Venice Festival (Orizzonti). The motion picture score was released by Gizeh Records in 2019.
Snowdrops signed to Injazero Records for the release of their graceful debut album Volutes in October 2020, an eloquent miniature symphony of strings, piano and Ondes Martenot. Joined by violist Anne-Irène Kempf, they will release a new chapter in the natural history of Snowdrops with « Missing Island » on November 25th.
MISSING ISLAND by Snowdrops
Album release date: Nov 25th 2022
180g Vinyl / Digital / Injazero
1. Retour à la terre
2. Firebirds
3. Land Of Waves
4. Nostalgia de la Luz
5. Radioactive Breath
6. Comme un souffle qui vient
7. Mémoires élementaires
All music composed by Snowdrops, except Nostalgia de la Luz & Radioactive Breath by Mathieu Gabry // Christine Ott - Hand-pumped organ (1,6) Ondes Martenot (2,3,4) & Piano (7) // Mathieu Gabry - Piano (1-6) & Synths (3,5,6,7) // Anne-Irène Kempf - Viola (1-4,6,7) // Recorded at Musée Würth Auditorium, Erstein, in July 2020 // Edited by Mathieu Gabry in December 2020 // Mixed by Benoit Burger & Mathieu Gabry between January and April 2021 // Mastered by Sean McCann at Recital // Artwork by Lali Torma // Design by Pelin Morris // Published by Phantom Limb Publishing // (c) 2022 Injazero Records
by Second Language Records
by Gizeh Records
2020. Injacomp #2
by Injazero Records
2020. Mediterraneo Collection
by Lady Blunt Records
: IN COMPILATIONS :
Creation for Piano, Ondes Martenot,
RIN 凜 Bells and Electronics
Presentation in Berlin, Silent Green
Musique Originale du documentaire de
Benoit Finck , France 3 GE
Manta Ray Soundtrack - A movie by
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng - Premiere at Venice Film Festival, Best Movie Award (Orizzonti)
with Ophir Lévy, Anne-Irène Kempf, Torsten Böttcher, Sebastien Grob, Vincent Haenni...
Pictures from Iran
Creation de Ciné-Concert
Proposition du Forum des images, Paris
Soundtrack for theater play,
Cie du Hasard, Première au théâtre
du grand Orme, Feings
: SELECTED COLLABORATIONS :
« Inner Fires is an anticipation disc in four chapters, a sort of cinematographic dramaturgy presenting four instrumental pieces that tell us about collective loneliness and underground collectives, sleepy thoughts and sudden awakenings. The resignation of each, the courage of some. It speaks of introspections and expressions. Of the slow disappearance of our beings from our world, and of the intense fight to bring them back to life. On the edge of the precipice. Like a cry of alarm. So as not to become a society of specters. »
All music composed & performed by Snowdrops
Christine Ott : Ondes Martenot, Piano, Gong
Mathieu Gabry : Piano, Keyboards, Tubular Bells
featuring Richard Knox (electric guitar) on « Rüptur 47 »
Recorded by Snowdrops between July 2015 and July 2019
Mixed by Benoit Burger & Mathieu Gabry in Spring 2020
Mastering by Conor Curran
Artwork by Peter Collins
Design by Hannes Jentsch
INNER FIRES
Album release date:
November 18th 2021
CD / Digital
Forwind - FWD32
MANTA RAY Original Motion Picture Score
Album release date:
March 16th 2019
CD / Digital
Gizeh - GZH87
Snowdrops's first original soundtrack for the first feature film by critically-acclaimed Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Best Film Award at Venice Film Festival - Orrizonti - and also presented at Toronto TIFF, San Sebastian Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards Brisbane and more than 80 other film festivals....)
L'OBS "La musique du duo français colore tout, infuse les êtres et les paysages"
SCREEN DAILY "A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops"
CINÉVUE "The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others."
Injazero Records presents :
VOLUTES by Snowdrops
Album release date: Oct 16th 2020
180g Vinyl / CD / Digital
"France chamber duo Snowdrops sign to Injazero Records for the release of their graceful debut album Volutes, an eloquent miniature symphony of strings, piano and the notoriously challenging Ondes Martenot instrument."
1. Comma (varation 1) - 4:33
2. Trapezian Fields - 6:50
3. Ultraviolet - 6:26
4. Éloge de l'errance - 4:50
5. Inception - 6:43
6. Odysseus - 13:24
7. Comma (variation 2) - 3:52
All music composed by Snowdrops, except Comma (variation 1) by Christine Ott & Trapezian Fields by Mathieu Gabry // Christine Ott: Piano, Ondes Martenot // Anne-Irène Kempf: Viola // Mathieu Gabry: Piano, Mellotron, ms2000 and effects // Recorded at Musée Würth Auditorium, Erstein, in July 2019 // Edited by Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry in September 2019 // Mixed by Benoit Burger & Mathieu Gabry, between September 2019 and April 2020 // Mastered by Sean McCann at Recital // Artwork by Lali Torma // Design by Özge Cöne // Published by Phantom Limb Publishing // (c) 2020 Injazero Records
Snowdrops is a side-project of
Christine Ott >>> www.christineott.fr
email >> snowdrops.snowdrops@gmail.com
networks :
: SELECTED SHOWS & PREMIERES :
: T I M E L I N E :
20.09.2023 - COLMAR (FR) - Snowdrops + Esmerine - Le Grillen, Hiero Colmar
12.05.2023 - PIACENZA (IT) - Christine Ott & Snowdrops Trio - Auditorium Santa Margherita Piacenza
17.12.2022 - LIÈGE (be) - Snowdrops + Theodore Wild Ride - L'an Vert
16.12.2022 - DORDRECHT (nl) - Snowdrops + Theodore Wild Ride - Pictura Gallery
25.11.2022 - MISSING ISLAND - Album Release - Injazero Records
18.11.2021 - INNER FIRES - Album Release - Forwind Label
12.09.2021 - ILE D'YEU (FR) - Christine Ott & Snowdrops - Festival Variations
16.10.2020 - VOLUTES - Album Release - Injazero Records
11.12.2019 - MANNHEIM (DE) - Elektrosmog Konzert - Zeitraumexit
24.07.2019 - MANTA RAY - Sortie Française du Film
30.04.2019 - BUDAPEST (HU) - Institut Français de Budapest - Manta Ray + Concert
26.04.2019 - STRASBOURG (FR) - Manta Ray Avant-première, en présence des compositeurs et du producteur du film
17.04.2019 - BERLIN (DE) - Silent Green, performing for Piano, Ondes Martenot, RIN 凜 Bells and Electronics
15.04.2019 - WARSAW (PL) - Otwarta Pracownia Jazdow
13.04.2019 - POTSDAM (DE) - Q3 Ambient Festival, curated by CEEYS,
w/ Aidan Baker, Poppy Ackroyd, SOMA, F.S. Blumm & Marc Marcovic
30.03.2019 - STRASBOURG (FR) - Festival Musiques Eclatées - Galerie Aedaen
29.03.2019 - SARREGUEMINES (FR) - Le Terminus - Piano Day
15.03.2019 - MANTA RAY Soundtrack - Album Release - Gizeh Records
09.03.2019 - GENÈVE - Manta Ray, Avant-Première du film au FIFDH, en présence du réalisateur et compositeurs
21.01.2019 - LES DANSEURS FOUS, Musique Originale du documentaire de Benoit Finck , France 3
07.09.2018 - MANTA RAY, Movie by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Soundtrack by Snowdrops - Premiere at Venice Film Festival
18.11.2017 - SCHILTIGHEIM (FR) - Le Cheval Blanc - Christine Ott & Friends
08.11.2017 - LONDON (UK) - IKLECTIK Gallery
05.11.2017 - SALFORD (UK) - Gizeh Records Evening, Manchester w/ ARC Soundtracks & A-Sun Amissa
10.09.2017 - PARIS (FR) - Festival Les Traversées du Marais - Crypte archéologique de Paris
29.08.2017 - MARSEILLE (FR) - MIMI Festival, PIC Télémaque w/ No Tongues
20.10.2016 - LYON (FR) - Rhino Jazz festival - Opéra de Lyon, Amphi Opéra
14.10.2016 - ILLKIRCH (FR) - Restitution de Résidence, La Vill'a
21.02.2016 - PARIS (FR) - Pictures from Iran ciné-concert - Forum des images
15.12.2015 - LE PASSAGE DES ANGES soundtrack, Cie du Hasard, Première au théâtre du grand Orme, Feings (fr)
