Ginette Martenot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ginette Martenot

French musician

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1902

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1996

Profession: pianist, non-fiction writer, ondist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ginette Martenot (1902–1996) was a French pianist and expert and leading performer on the twentieth-century electronic instrument the ondes Martenot, which was invented by her brother Maurice.
At the age of sixteen, she entered the Paris Conservatory, where she studied counterpoint and fugue with the composer Arthur Honegger.
She gave the first performance (and subsequently made recordings) as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod taking the solo piano part. Martenot taught the composer Serge Nigg.