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Olivier Calmel
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Biography


Born: June 10, 1974

Composer for films, contemporary classical music and jazz bands, arranger and pianist

Graduated in piano, harmony, counterpoint, fugue from Paris Conservatory
Jazz from IACP (Paris) and Paris Center Conservatory
Orchestration under Guillaume Connesson, graduated brilliantly in front of a jury gathered around Thierry Escaich and Olivier Kaspar

Bands

Olivier Calmel [Quartet] (acoustic contemporary jazz - www.oliviercalmel.com), Why Cie (trip hop / hip hop / jazz), Seth (acoustic jazz funk), Maido Project (electro world jazz), Karaba Quintet (contemporary jazz), Michel Portal, Jean Bardy, Ichiro Onoe, Sébastien Llado, Vincent Peirani, Karl Jannuska, Tam de Villiers, Jean Wellers, Ville Pynssi, Victoria Rummler, Harry Swift, Airelle Besson, Johan Renard, Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac, Thierry Tardieu, Jan Schumacher, Jean-Baptiste Perraudin, Isaiah Cecarelli, Pascal Wallon Quartet (standard jazz), Assamane (african soul music), Unit Five (live jazz hip hop), and many others .. forgive me if I forgot someone ..

Films

Une employée exemplaire (Fabrice Cazeneuve / Télé Images Création), Perdido (Claude Farge / Butterfly Productions), Je veux tout de la vie (Pierre Seguin / Saraband Films), Saint-Alban, Couleurs d’une Vie (Sandie Perez), Ctrl+Z (Marie Pochoy / CQN Prod), Tartare (Julie B.Savard / Cégep du Vieux-Montréal), Beuffonnerie (Rita Bukauskaité / Paris 1 Sorbonne), Yankee gal (Céline Desrumaux / Supinfocom), KA (Claude Farge / Hector Films), Jazz session (Yann Guyot / Mc Guffilms), Solitaire (Anne Zinn-Justin / Grec), L'éducation c'est quoi (Lucie Drut / Les petits citoyens - Aide et Action), Mon incroyable mort (Quentin Montant / All in productions), La chambre rit (Pauline Dolibeau / Paris 8), Les gnocchis de Jeanine (Caroline Arnaud / Etincelle Productions), Le role (Pierre Schoeller / Emergence), Coup de sang (Gaël Mercier), Ablation - Ligue contre le Cancer (Johan Soulier / Paris 1 Sorbonne), Le mort (Marie Dubaille / Paris 1 Sorbonne), Le livre de Marc (Claude Farge / Butterfly Productions), Cours ! (Lucie Drut & Nicolas Croix / ESRA), Catwoman- Ladykat (Alain Zirah), Potassium K+ (La Patate Chode, collective project), Close Up (Claude Farge / Butterfly Productions), Le clou (Claude Farge)

Contemporary Edited Music

Medley of jazz compositions (10 works for piano)
2 Poems on Federico Garcia Lorca texts (voice, flute, accordion)
Sonate for 2 pianos (2 pianos , Allegro molto e con brio, Adagio Sostenuto, Allegretto)
Piazotango (voice, flute, accordion)
Sonate for piano and percussions (piano, vibraphone, glock, gong, crotales, cowbell, tamboa)
Thomas' games (5 pieces for piano)
2 Melodies (voice, flute, accordion)
Orchestral works :
Les Alyscamps,complete symphonic orchestral, choir and solist arrangement on a lyric epic by Roger Calmel for Sop. Mez. Bar. soli/ S.A.T.B and Orchestra (3-3-3-3/4-2-3- 1/Timb./Perc./Strings)
Cecily (Op 27, No 2) - Richard Strauss (3-3-3-3/4-3-3- 1/Timb./Perc./2 Harps/Soprano/Strings)
Novelleten (Op 21 No.5) - Schumann (2-2-2-3/4-2-3- 1/Timb./Strings)
Un reflet dans le vent - Olivier Messiaen (3-3-3-3/4-3-3- 1/Timb./Perc/Xyl./Cel./Piano/Strings)
& many other unedited...

Home: Paris, France

Press Quotes

Here it is : http://www.oliviercalmel.com/presse-a-mas- mainmenu-83.html

Awards
Prize-winner of the National Competition 'Jazz à Vannes Festival' with "Olivier Calmel [Quintet]" (2008) / Composition Prize in the National Competition 'La Defense Jazz Festival' with "Olivier Calmel [Quintet]" (2008) / Winner and 2nd winner Songs of the 100% Music Songwriting Contest Edition, Blues/jazz and best music performance (Z trail OMT, Le rocher d'Ayers, Apprenti, Travelling Mafate) (2008) / Composition First Prize at the competition of 'MusiComposer.com' (2008) / Music Prize-winner of the Emergence Festival (2007) / Composition Prize in the competition of 'Musiques en courts' FilmScore (2006) / 'Musique and Cinema' session Prize-winner of the 'Premiers Plans d’Angers' Festival (2006) / SACEM talent in Fiction TV Festival (2005) / Prize-winner of the Avon Festival with "Olivier Calmel [Quartet]" (2004)


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Last Updated: October 27, 2009

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