The new edition of the Theremin 30 podcast, host Rick Reid plays music from Canada, Finland, Peru, and Russia. Rick’s guest is thereminist and teacher Lydia Kavina, talking about the newly opened ThereminSchool online platform. Theremin 30Read More

Mandarin Electron NOW 01 Mandarin Electron NOW 01Watch this video on YouTube Mandarin Electron is a Matryomin maker represented by the Japanese theremin player Masami Takeuchi.The channel publishes videos of theremin and matryomin performances, including features on performers with paralysis and blindness. After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage during a concert in 2016 that left his...Read More

The theremin repertoire is quite large. In earlier times, there was a belief that the theremin was only suitable for lyrical, slow melodies or spooky, sci-fi, and psychedelic effects. However, this myth was refuted long ago. The pieces you can play are those you can work out musically. It depends on your musical taste and...Read More

Recommendations for composers. How to write for the theremin. There are not too many rules how to write for the theremin. Mainly, I would recommend you consider a particular theremin performer. Every performer has his style, abilities or limits. Different theremin designs have some differences in timbre as well as the range.The design I play,...Read More