Zacharie Blin

I started to play piano at the age of six. Since the beginning I had a strong interest to the creation and composition. Naturally as a teenager I started to study Jazz at the piano and at the arrangement. My trumpet player skills leads me to join Reggae and current music bands. Soon after I also started to play keyboards and Hammond organ in those bands.
Later, I created the RETROPOLITAIN, a musical interdisciplinary project with theater and graphic art. The song rhythms were from the current Electro music but the harmony and melody are from the 1930's to get a Retro-Futuristic effect. Composition, graphic art, piano, singing, management... It was an ambitious and absorbing project !

As I always had a strong interest for History and pirates stories, I had another project in mind mixing Reggae and Baroque for a pirate-themed band. I had a good knowledge of Reggae music, but didn't know much about Baroque music. That's how I started to learn harpsichord and Basso Continuo.

I went back to study at the Cergy-Pontoise Music Conservatory and graduated in 2020. During this period, I was lucky enough to evolve in a dynamic Baroque music department with great teachers (Marie Van Rhijn, Michel Quagliozzi, Jérôme Hantaï...). and I had the chance to join masterclasses and music workshops with inspiring musicians like François Lazarevitch or Stéphanie-Marie Degand. I played in wonderful places like the Chapelle Royale of Versailles.
At first, improving my skills at the harpsichord and studying the music treatises were my main priority, but soon my enthusiasm for the Baroque became broader and broader : Theater, Declamation, Calligraphy, Litterature, Cooking and over all Dance. I had the pleasure of been part of shows and lessons given by the Chrystelle Arcelin's Fêtes Baroque, a great immersive experience.
Composition projects quickly emerged. The pandemic lockdown has been the opportunity to open a Youtube channel and to upload my first harpsichord arrangements. Today, the channel earns its first success and positive feedback from the viewers. I plan to recruit a team to improve the quality and the ambition of the videos. Chamber music projects are on their way as numerous harpsichord compositions.