Born: June 10, 1974 Primary Instrument: Piano
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)Eau Vive (orchestra)
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...
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)
Here : http://www.oliviercalmel.com/presse-a-mas-mainmenu-
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AS A LEADER
CARAVANE GAZELLE
Hybrid Music - 2010
Personnel:
Julie Martigny : Narrative
Mayu Sato : Flute
Annelise Clément : Clarinet
Baptiste Gibier : Oboe
Cyril Normand : french Horn
Frank Sibold : Bassoon
Florence Prieur : text
Olivier Calmel : music
SHA-DOCKS
Yes Or No Prod - Believe - 2009
Personnel:
Christophe Panzani : Saxophones
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Olivier Calmel : Piano and Keyboards
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Frédéric Delestré : Drums
Jean Wellers : Double bass (on Z trail OMT)
Karl Jannuska: Drums (on Z trail OMT)
Vincent Peirani : Accordion (on Z trail OMT)
Rémi Merlet : Percussions (on Z trail OMT)
PERSPECTIVES
UCMF - Believe - 2008
EMPREINTES
Musica Guild - 2007
Personnel:
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Karl Jannuska: Drums
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Jean Wellers : Double bass
Christophe Panzani : Saxophones
Vincent Peirani : Accordion
Rémi Merlet : Percussions
Alvaro Martinez : Palmas
Olivier Calmel : Piano
MAFATE
Musica Guild - 2006
Personnel:
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Jean Wellers : Double bass
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Karl Jannuska : Drums
Fabrice Dupé : Drums
Mamour Seck : Percussions
Luiz De Aquino : Guitar
Olivier Calmel : Piano, Fender Rhodes
SETH
No Chaser Records - 2002
Personnel:
Thérèse Henry : Electric bass
Vincent Linden : Trompet and flugelhorn
Guillaume Rossier : Alto saxophone
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Alexis Hache : Electric guitar
Matthieu Borgne : Drums
Olivier Calmel : Piano
AS A SIDE MUSICIAN
IDEALZ
Why Cie - 2009
Personnel:
Yann Cléry : Flûte and voice
Olivier Calmel : Keyboards
Martin Guimbellot : Double bass
Remy Voide: Drums
SAMARCANDE
Karaba Quintet - 2007
Personnel:
Yann Cléry : Flûte and voice
Julien Couvrechef : Tenor Saxophone
Olivier Calmel : Piano
Simon Charnaud : Double bass
Ville Pynssi: Drums
SAFRAN
Maido Project - 2007
Personnel:
Victoria Rummler : Voice
Pierre Baillot : Sax / Oud / Programmation
Olivier Calmel : Piano / Keyboards
Remi Merlet: Percussions
ELECTRIC BLUE
Maido Project - 2007
Personnel:
Victoria Rummler : Voice
Pierre Baillot : Sax / Oud / Programmation
Olivier Calmel : Piano / Keyboards
Remi Merlet: Percussions
CARAVANE GAZELLE
Hybrid Music - 2010
Personnel:
Julie Martigny : Narrative
Mayu Sato : Flute
Annelise Clément : Clarinet
Baptiste Gibier : Oboe
Cyril Normand : french Horn
Frank Sibold : Bassoon
Florence Prieur : text
Olivier Calmel : music
SHA-DOCKS
Yes Or No Prod - Believe - 2009
Personnel:
Christophe Panzani : Saxophones
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Olivier Calmel : Piano and Keyboards
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Frédéric Delestré : Drums
Jean Wellers : Double bass (on Z trail OMT)
Karl Jannuska: Drums (on Z trail OMT)
Vincent Peirani : Accordion (on Z trail OMT)
Rémi Merlet : Percussions (on Z trail OMT)
PERSPECTIVES
UCMF - Believe - 2008
EMPREINTES
Musica Guild - 2007
Personnel:
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Karl Jannuska: Drums
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Jean Wellers : Double bass
Christophe Panzani : Saxophones
Vincent Peirani : Accordion
Rémi Merlet : Percussions
Alvaro Martinez : Palmas
Olivier Calmel : Piano
MAFATE
Musica Guild - 2006
Personnel:
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Jean Wellers : Double bass
Bruno Schorp : Double bass
Karl Jannuska : Drums
Fabrice Dupé : Drums
Mamour Seck : Percussions
Luiz De Aquino : Guitar
Olivier Calmel : Piano, Fender Rhodes
SETH
No Chaser Records - 2002
Personnel:
Thérèse Henry : Electric bass
Vincent Linden : Trompet and flugelhorn
Guillaume Rossier : Alto saxophone
Frédéric Eymard : Viola
Alexis Hache : Electric guitar
Matthieu Borgne : Drums
Olivier Calmel : Piano
AS A SIDE MUSICIAN
IDEALZ
Why Cie - 2009
Personnel:
Yann Cléry : Flûte and voice
Olivier Calmel : Keyboards
Martin Guimbellot : Double bass
Remy Voide: Drums
SAMARCANDE
Karaba Quintet - 2007
Personnel:
Yann Cléry : Flûte and voice
Julien Couvrechef : Tenor Saxophone
Olivier Calmel : Piano
Simon Charnaud : Double bass
Ville Pynssi: Drums
SAFRAN
Maido Project - 2007
Personnel:
Victoria Rummler : Voice
Pierre Baillot : Sax / Oud / Programmation
Olivier Calmel : Piano / Keyboards
Remi Merlet: Percussions
ELECTRIC BLUE
Maido Project - 2007
Personnel:
Victoria Rummler : Voice
Pierre Baillot : Sax / Oud / Programmation
Olivier Calmel : Piano / Keyboards
Remi Merlet: Percussions
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