Christian-Frédéric Bloquert is an NYC-based composer and conductor. He is the co-founder and Music Director of the BeComEnsemble.He has received a number of accolades including the Pisar Prize, a BMI Composers Award, and the Israel Pellman Prize from the Society for New Music. His works have been performed by the likes of the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Sinfonieorchester Basel and Les Siècles amongst others. Upcoming works include a commission by Radio France for the vocal ensemble La Néréide, and a series of works for guitar. His first full length ballet will also receive a second run of performances with the New Chamber Ballet in their upcoming season after a successful premiere.Bloquert is a graduate of Berklee College of Music where he studied with Andrew List and Richard Carrick, and the Juilliard School where he studied with Matthias Pintscher.
At MacDowell, Bloquert composed sections of a chamber ballet, Memory, Forgot, commissioned by choreographer Miro Magloire and the New Chamber Ballet that will premiere in New York in fall of 2024. The eight-minute original version of this piece was commissioned by the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute and premiered in March 2022. He also worked on a piece for orchestra that will be premiered by the orchestra Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées in Paris in October 2024.
