Olivier Hutman, born November 12, 1954, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, is a French jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Hutman studied classical piano from 1958 to 1968 and earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology in 1978. In 1975, Hutman co-founded the band Moravagine with Denis Barbier and Mino Cinelu, subsequently performing with jazz-rock group Chute Libre and Christian Escoudé's quartet. From 1983 to 1989, Hutman performed in a trio with Marc Berteaux and Tony Rabeson, and toured with Barney Wilen's quartet in 1991 and 1992. Hutman received the Prix Boris-Vian from the Académie du Jazz in 1984 for his debut solo album Six Songs, won two Best Film Music awards at the Festival de Biarritz for his film scores, and released studio albums including The Man with the Broken Tooth in 1987, Brooklyn Eight in 1997, Band Shapes in 2002, Five in Green in 2003, Suite mangrove in 2006, and Beat Games in 2018.
