Teaching Period : August 16 (arrival) - 22 (departure)
Hailed by the
Washington Post as a « young artist
displaying maturity and elegance », French pianist Olivier Moulin studied
under Eric Heidsieck and Gery Moutier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur
de Musique of Lyon, where he was unanimously awarded first prize with honors.
After advanced studies in the same institution, he continued his training in
Austria at the Salzburg Mozarteum in the classes of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and
Clemens Hagen, where he obtained a Master of Arts with highest honors.
Throughout his studies, he has also benefited from the advices of masters such
as Aldo Ciccolini, Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Jacques Rouvier, Jean-François
Heisser, Sergio Perticaroli…
Prizewinner of
international piano competitions, he has been invited to participate in major
international festivals : la Roque d’Anthéron, Montpellier and Radio-France,
Lille Clef de Soleil, Pianos Folies in Le Touquet, Journées Lyriques in Chartres,
Divonne, Sully-sur-Loire, La Vézère, Croisements Festival in China, Virtuosi
Festival in Brazil, Festival Internacional de Piano En Blanco y Negro in
Mexico, Istanbul’s Lisztomanias, Motley Tulip International Arts Festival in
Belarus, Bellapais Music Festival in Cyprus…
He has performed in
prestigious venues in France (Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Salle Gaveau,
Salle Cortot, the Louvre Auditorium, Lyon and Avignon Operas, Cloître des
Jacobins in Toulouse, Théâtre des Variétés in Monaco, Arsenal de Metz…), in
Europe (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Hungary, Spain, Norway, Portugal,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey…), Asia (Japan, China, South Korea, India,
Indonesia…), and the Americas (USA, Brazil, Mexico). His concerts are regularly
broadcasted by radio and television in France and abroad. Olivier made in 2014
U.S. debut at the French Embassy in Washington DC, where he played a recital
devoted to Rameau, Debussy, Ravel.
He
has also collaborated with several orchestras : Orchestre National de Metz,
Ensemble Orchestral de Montbéliard, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Wuhan
(China), the Camerata de Coahuila (Mexico)… His passion for chamber music has
allowed him to share the stage with many artists such as David Guerrier, the
Fine Arts Quartet, soloists of the Philharmonic of Radio-France, Bertrand
Chamayou, Jérôme Dorival… He was also invited to Geneva and Chartres by Eve
Ruggieri to take part in conference/concerts focusing on the life of Frederic
Chopin. His first solo CD, devoted to Franz Liszt, was released in october 2011
for the french label AmeSon/Outhere.
Olivier Moulin is Professor of piano at the Nancy Conservatory of Music (France), and President of the Epinal International Piano Competition. He regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, USA, Mexico, Japan, China … and is invited to serve as a member of the jury of many international piano competitions such as : Istanbul, Porto Santa Cecilia, Scriabin in Grosseto, Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition…
