Olivier Charlier

Olivier Charlier (born 17 February 1961) is a French classical violinist.

For other uses, see Charlier.

Biography

Born in Albert, Somme, Charlier was admitted at the age of 10 to the Conservatoire de Paris. Four years later, he obtained a first prize of violin in the class of Jean Fournier, and then decided to perfect his skills in Pierre Doukan's class for violin and in that of Jean Hubeau in chamber music. It was during this period at the CNSM that he met Nadia Boulanger, who, interested in his early gifts, introduced him to Yehudi Menuhin and Henryk Szeryng. In 1976, the latter offered him a scholarship.

He won many international competitions: Munich at 17, Montreal at 18, the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki at 19, the two great French competitions Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition (2nd grand prize) and Georges Enesco of the SACEM at 20, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (4th prize) at 21, and of course the Young Concert Artists International Audition won in New York in 1989 at the age of 28.

Charlier was thus propelled on the greatest musical stages of the whole world, accompanied by French and foreign orchestras (Orchestre national de France, Orchestre de Paris, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Residentie Orchestra (The Hague, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, The Hallé, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Radio orchestras of Hamburg and Saarbrücken, Chamber Orchestra of Württemberg, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra).

His concerts transport him from the Americas (United States, Canada, Mexico) to Asia (Japan, Thailand, Malaysia), passing through Africa (South Africa), while paying particular attention to Europe (France, England, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy...).

Since 1981, Charlier has been teaching young students at the Paris Conservatory. He began there as assistant to Pierre Doukan's violin class as well as assistant to Jean Hubeau's chamber music class, and was appointed violin teacher in 1992. He is assisted by Johanna Matkowska. He plays on a violin by Carlo Bergonzi dated 1747.

Discography
Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Sonata No.7 in C minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1996
  • Sonata No.8 in G major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1996
  • Sonata No.9 in A major "to Kreutzer" for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1996
Lili Boulanger
  • D'un matin de printemps for violin and piano, with Émile Naoumoff - 1993
  • Nocturne for violin and piano, with Émile Naoumoff - 1993
  • Cortège for violin and piano, with Émile Naoumoff - 1993
Ernest Chausson
Henri Dutilleux
Gabriel Fauré
  • Berceuse for violin and orchestra, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
César Franck
  • Sonata in A major for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau - 1990
Roberto Gerhard
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert - 1998
Edward Gregson
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins - 2003
Edvard Grieg
  • Sonata No.1 in F major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 2002
  • Sonata No.2 in G major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 2002
  • Sonata No.3 in C minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 2002
Édouard Lalo
  • Concerto in F major for violin and orchestra, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier - 1999.
  • Russian Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier - 1999.
Jules Massenet
  • Méditation (taken from the opera Thaïs) for violin and orchestra, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
John Blackwood McEwen
  • Rhapsodie Prince Charlie for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer - 2001
  • Sonata No.2 in F minor for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer - 2001
  • Sonata n°5 in minor "Sonate-Fantaisie" for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer - 2001
  • Sonata No.6 in G major for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer - 2001
Felix Mendelssohn
  • Concerto No.2 in E minor for violin and orchestra, with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster - 1984
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Violin Concertos No.3 in G Major K.216, No.4 in D Major K.218, No.5 in A Major K.219 - Prague Chamber Orchestra - 2008
  • The 17 Church Sonatas for two violins, cello, double bass and organ: with Florin Szigeti (2nd violin), Dorel Fodoreanu (cello), Unal Erte (doublebasse) and Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (organ) - 2003

Gabriel Pierné

  • Sonata for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau - 1992
Maurice Ravel
  • Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré for violin and orchestra, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
  • Tzigane for violin and orchestra, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Berceuse for violin and piano Op.38, with Jean Hubeau - 1990
  • Caprice Andalou for violin and orchestra Op.122
  • unfinished Concerto n°4 (or Morceau de Concert Op. 62) for violin and orchestra with the Ensemble orchestral de Paris conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow - 1995
  • Elégies Op.143 and Op.160 for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau - 1990
  • Havanaise Op.83 for violin and orchestra, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
  • Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra Op.28, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
  • Romance for violin and orchestra, with the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow - 1995
  • Romance for violin and piano Op.37 (originally for flute and piano), with Jean Hubeau - 1990
  • Sonata No.1 in D minor for violin and piano Op.75, with Jean Hubeau - 1990
  • Sonata No.2 in E flat major for violin and piano Op.102, with Jean Hubeau - 1990
  • Valse-Caprice Op.52, with the Orchestre Symphonique Français conducted by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991
Robert Schumann
  • Romance Op.94 n°1, with Brigitte Engerer - 1992
  • Romance Op.94 n°2, with Brigitte Engerer - 1992
  • Romance Op.94 n°3, with Brigitte Engerer - 1992
  • Sonata No.1 in A minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1992
  • Sonata No.2 in D minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1992
Gerard Schurmann
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schurmann - 2002
Cyril Scott
  • Aubade for violin and orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins - 2007
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins - 2007
Louis Vierne
  • Sonata for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau - 1990

Filmography
  • Le Violon (réal. J.L. Robert) 1983 (Diff. Antenne 2 / TV5) with participation by Yehudi Menuhin and Étienne Vatelot.
  • Interpretations of Mozart and Bartok

Bibliography
  • André Encrevé, "Olivier Charlier", in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des Protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, Vol 1: A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, p. 651-652 ISBN 978-2846211901
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