Van Bloss was born and grew up in London and, at the age of seven, suddenly developed severe motor and vocal tics.
He entered the Royal College of Music in London at the age of fifteen to study as a Junior and then, at seventeen, to attend full-time.
Although Nick felt jubilant in finally having a name for his condition (after a fourteen-year wait), he was resentful that the medical profession had not detected the tell-tale signs of Tourette syndrome.
[1] Nick van Bloss played recitals, concertos and chamber music in the UK and around Europe for a number of years before "retiring" from public performance[6] because of his Tourette syndrome.
After 15 years of 'retirement' from professional and public life, van Bloss made a comeback concert on 28 April 2009 at London's Cadogan Hall playing a concerto by Bach and the Emperor Concerto by Beethoven with the English Chamber Orchestra[7][8] This concert received enormous media attention[9][10][11][12][13][14] and was described as a 'triumph' by London critics.
In the booklet issued with the last-mentioned CD (page 11) a further recording of music by Schumann, Kreisleriana and the Etudes Symphoniques Op 13, is announced as due for release in November 2015.
Van Bloss meets many other "afflicted" people on his journey, with conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and automatic writing, all of whom show an unusual and unexplained talent in an art form.