A guide to the Ondes Martenot

Series Advisor Caroline Potter gets a tour inside an ondes Martenot with Stéphane Vaiedelich, Laboratory Manager at the Musée de la Musique, Cité de Musique, Paris. Discover this magical, early electronic instrument which features in Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie and was invented in 1928 in Paris by Maurice Martenot. Find out more at Our City of Light: Paris: 1900-1950 concert series runs from November 2014 - June 2015.