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Olivier Calmel

True music is the heart langage

About Me

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), Seth (acoustic jazz funk), Maido Project (electro world jazz), Karaba Quintet (contemporary jazz), Pascal Wallon Quartet (standard jazz), Katia Lioubinskaia Trio (russian jazz), Assamane (african soul music), Unit Five (live jazz hip hop), and some others .. forgive me if I forgot someone ..

Films

Je veux tout de la vie (Pierre Seguin / Saraband Films), 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 ), 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 Chôde , collective project), Close Up (Claude Farge / Butterfly Productions ), Le clou (Claude Farge)
CLOSE-UP (quicktime sample)

Selective Discography

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/24/2006
Band Website: oliviercalmel.com
Band Members:

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

SETH: - www.sethnet.fr.st
Jan Schumacher: - Trompet & flugelhorn
Yannick Soccal: - Tenor Sax
Frédéric Eymard - Alto Violon
Olivier Calmel - Piano, fender rhodes & keyboards
Thérèse Henry : - Elec. Bass
Jean-Baptiste Perraudin: - Drums



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 / Abeille Musique distribution
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Electro Couac - Sunside

Bon alors c'est quoi Electro Couac ? Surprise. .. disons du répertoire acoustique pour l'essentiel .. ...
Posted by Olivier Calmel on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:22:00 PST

OLIVIER CALMEL [QUARTET] Dossier de presse

La VieLe pianiste Olivier Calmel ffait un excellent usage de diverses cultures qu’il semble maîtriser à la perfection. Entouré de huit instrumentistes, dont un violon alto (chose plutôt rare dan...
Posted by Olivier Calmel on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:24:00 PST