Olivier Charlier

Olivier Charlier is internationally recognized as an important representative of the French school of violin playing, joining such artists as Jacques Thibaud, Ginette Neveu, and Christian Ferras. Showing precocious talent, he graduated with a Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) at the age of fourteen, then won acclaim at international competitions, including Munich, Montreal, Helsinki, Paris, Indianapolis, and New York. Nadia Boulanger, Yehudi Menuhin and Henryk Szeryng are among the musical figures who encouraged the young musician early in his career. Mr. Charlier has given concerts with nearly fifty different French orchestras, as well as with major orchestras around the world. His active recording career reflects his eclecticism; it includes violin concertos by Dutilleux, Lalo, Gregson, and Gerard Schurmann, as well as Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns.

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