Olivier Calmel

Bio:

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), Why Cie (trip hop / hip hop / jazz), Maido Project (electro world jazz), Karaba Quintet (contemporary jazz), Seth (acoustic jazz funk), Michel Portal, Xavier Phillips, Vincent Peirani, Karl Jannuska, Alexandra Grimal, Sébastien Llado, Ichiro Onoe, Tam de Villiers, Jean Wellers, Jean Bardy, Ville Pynssi, Yann Clery, Victoria Rummler, Harry Swift, Airelle Besson, Johan Renard, Rémy Voide, Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac, Thierry Tardieu, Jan Schumacher, Jean-Baptiste Perraudin, Isaiah Cecarelli, et bien d'autres…, 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

Les mensonges (Fabrice Cazeneuve / France 2), 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 drôle (Pierre Schoeller / Emergence), L’affaire était trop simple (Clément Philippeau / Lanterna Venefica), Coup de sang / Noémie (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 Chôde, collective project), Close Up (Claude Farge / Butterfly Productions), Le clou (Claude Farge)


CLOSE-UP (complete movie)

Selective Discography

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OLIVIER CALMEL [QUARTET]	OLIVIER CALMEL [QUARTET]	KARABA
"EMPREINTES"	"MAFATE"	"PLANETE A USAGE UNIQUE"

Contemporary Edited Music

Eau Vive (for Harmony Band)
Medley of jazz compositions (10 works for piano)
2 Poems on Federico Garcia Lorca poems (voice, flute, accordion)
Sonate for 2 pianos (2 pianos , Allegro molto e con brio, Adagio Sostenuto, Allegretto)
'James and the spirit' tale music for piano and percussions
Quatuor 'Colères Concertantes' for four cellos
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...

Distinctions

- Prize-winner of the National Competition 'Jazz à Vannes Festival' with "Olivier Calmel [Quintet]" (2008)
- Composition Prize at the National Competition 'La Défense 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 'Musique Harmonie.fr' (2008)
- Music Prize-winner of the Emergence Festival (2007)
- Composition Prize at the competition of 'Musiques en courts' FilmScore (2006)
- 'Musique and Cinema' session Prize-winner of the 'Premiers Plans d’Angers' Festival (2006)
- SACEM talent at Fiction TV Festival (2005)
- Prize-winner of the Avon Festival with "Olivier Calmel [Quartet]" (2004)

Actual Works

I'm actually composing for several films (documentary and fiction), Orchestra, Brass Band, Strings Ensemble and Woowinds Ensemble.
I wrote for :
- ArteCombo woodwind quintet
- Quatuor Anches Hantées clarinet quatuor
- Orchestre D'harmonie De La Police Nationale
- Musinema cello quatuor
- duo Links piano / percussion
- les Achromates voice, flute, accordion
- Orchestre d’Harmonie de Pantin
- duo Incognita two pianos
- duo El Gancho violon / piano

- ... I'm edited by Robert Martin and Editions Delatour ..

Member Since:

July 24, 2006

Members:

- PRIZE-WINNER of the NATIONAL COMPETITION 'JAZZ A VANNES FESTIVAL ' with "Olivier Calmel [Quintet]"
- COMPOSITION PRIZE at the NATIONAL COMPETITION 'LA DEFENSE JAZZ FESTIVAL' with "Olivier Calmel [Quintet]"

Olivier Calmel [Quintet] - www.oliviercalmel.com
Frédéric Eymard - Alto Violon
Christophe Panzani - Tenor and soprano saxophones
Olivier Calmel - Piano, fender rhodes & keyboards
Bruno Schorp - Double Bass
Karl Jannuska / Frédéric Delestré- Drums & percussions
Guests
Xavier Phillips - Cello
Vincent Peirani - Accordion
Sébastien Llado - Trombone & conques
Rémi Merlet - Afrocuban and latin percussions
Jean Wellers - Double Bass
Mamour Seck - African percussions
Luiz De Aquino - Guitar
Alvaro Martines - Palmas

Influences:

Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy, Serge Prokofiev, JS Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Dukas, Charles Koechlin, Guillaume Connesson, Bojan Z, Stephan Oliva, Omar Sosa, Marc Copland, Magic Malik, Keith Jarrett, Brad Meldhau, Miles Davis, Henri Texier, Wayne Shorter, Erik Truffaz, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Bugge Wesseltoft, & many more,...

Record Label:

Musicaguild / Yes or No Prod / Abeille Musique