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History, People

An Interview with Leon Theremin

By Olivia Mattis -
Léon Theremin and Olivia Mattis in France
04
Oct

Interview conducted in France in 1989, when Leon Theremin (Lev Sergeyevich Termen) first emerged from Russia after 51 years of state arrest. Olivia Mattis and Leon Theremin in Bourges, France 16 June 1989 Conducted in France in 1989, when Leon Theremin (Lev Sergeyevich Termen) first emerged from Russia after 51 years of state arrest. Also […]

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History

Lev Sergeyevich Termen: The Inventor of the Theremin

By Valerio Saggini -
Léon Theremin demonstrating the Thereminvox.
05
Feb

The history of the Theremin and its inventor through a collection of press clips. The Birth of the Theremin In the years previous to 1920, a young student, Lev Sergeivitch Termen (a name which was thereafter gallicized to Léon Théremin), built an electronic musical instrument in St. Petersburg. It was a Thermionic tubed instrument. Théremin […]

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