Christian-Frédéric Bloquert © 2025 Photo by Thomas Brunot
About
Christian-Frédéric Bloquert is a French composer, conductor and guitarist recognised for his subtlety and enthusiasm.
As a composer, he has received numerous accolades, including the 2020 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award, the 2022 Israel/Pellman Prize, and the 2023 BMI Composer Award amongst others. He was a finalist in the 2021 Basel International Composition Competition and a finalist of the 2023 Luciano Berio Composition Competition, and in 2024 he became the second recipient of the Pisar Prize.
His works have been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles and institutions such as the Ensemble InterContemporain, Les Siècles, the Tonkünstler Orchestra, the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the Juilliard Orchestra, the MIVOS Quarter, the PHACE Ensemble, the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute, and New Chamber Ballet amongst others.
As a conductor, Bloquert is a vocal champion of fellow composers often being called upon to premiere new works. He is the Music Director and co-founder of the BecomEnsemble, which he launched in 2022 to champion emerging composers and showcase rising performers. He has previously worked with the Tonkünstler Orchestra, the Saint-Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and has received mentorship from Matthias Pintscher, Kensho Watanabe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Fabián Panisello.
Bloquert began his studies in mathematics at the University of Queensland before transferring to Berklee College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree with a double major in Composition and Film Scoring and a minor in Conducting, studying with Richard Carrick and Andrew List. He later received a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Matthias Pintscher.
As a composer, he has received numerous accolades, including the 2020 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award, the 2022 Israel/Pellman Prize, and the 2023 BMI Composer Award amongst others. He was a finalist in the 2021 Basel International Composition Competition and a finalist of the 2023 Luciano Berio Composition Competition, and in 2024 he became the second recipient of the Pisar Prize.
His works have been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles and institutions such as the Ensemble InterContemporain, Les Siècles, the Tonkünstler Orchestra, the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the Juilliard Orchestra, the MIVOS Quarter, the PHACE Ensemble, the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute, and New Chamber Ballet amongst others.
As a conductor, Bloquert is a vocal champion of fellow composers often being called upon to premiere new works. He is the Music Director and co-founder of the BecomEnsemble, which he launched in 2022 to champion emerging composers and showcase rising performers. He has previously worked with the Tonkünstler Orchestra, the Saint-Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and has received mentorship from Matthias Pintscher, Kensho Watanabe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Fabián Panisello.
Bloquert began his studies in mathematics at the University of Queensland before transferring to Berklee College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree with a double major in Composition and Film Scoring and a minor in Conducting, studying with Richard Carrick and Andrew List. He later received a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Matthias Pintscher.
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