Olivier Calmel is a composer, orchestrator and pianist played by numerous soloists and orchestras, winner of several competitions and distinctions: Grand prix Sacem, Grand Prix International Académie Charles Cros, Prix de composition Concours national de jazz de la Défense, Premier Prix Jazz à Vannes, Jerry Goldsmith Award. Commissions for soloists, ensembles and orchestras are at the origin of most of his works (Philharmonique Radio France, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, Maîtrise de Radio France, Festival de Beauvais, Chœur d'Île-de-France, etc.). His compositions are notably interpreted in Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium de Radio France, Grand Rex, 104, Cité de la Musique, Théâtre de la Ville, Grand T de Nantes, Opéra de Rennes, Théâtre du Beauvaisis, Maladrerie, Kursaal, MégaCité, .. as well as in USA (New York Symphony Space, Ohio, Kentucky, Pittsburg Heinz Hall), in Europe (Londres, Genève, Lausanne, Annemasse, Innsbruck, Zagreb) in Asia (Dnipro, Pekin, Pingtung, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya),.. The catalog of his works includes numerous orchestral and chamber works, vocal works, jazz, film music and educational material. He shares his activities between composing and orchestrating music for films, commissions for contemporary orchestras and ensembles, and jazz music.
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