Olivier Moulin, piano
In association with Alliance Française de Pune
Hommage à Debussy
In a programme of Debussy: Children’s corner, Clair de lune, Estampes, Berceuse héroïque, Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune and pour le piano and Hazrat Inayat Khan: 5 pieces from the “Hindu songs and dances”
The 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 honours. After advanced studies in the same institution, he continued his training in Austria at the Salzburg Mozarteum in the classes of KarlHeinz Kämmerling and Clemens Hagen, where he obtained a Master of Arts with highest honours. Throughout his studies, he has also benefited from the advice of masters such as Aldo Ciccolini, Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Jacques Rouvier, Jean François Heisser, Sergio Perticaroli…
First noticed when he won first prize in Radio-France’s Royaume de la Musique competition, Olivier Moulin is also prizewinner of the Epinal International Piano Competition and the Jeunesses Musicales de France Prize, the Maurice Ravel International Academy… He is supported by the Musical Patronage program at the Société Générale bank and the Déclic program at Institut Français, which promotes young French musicians abroad.
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, Vézère, Croisements in China, Virtuosi Festival in Brazil… 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, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey…), Asia (Japan, China, South Korea), and the Americas (USA, Brazil, Mexico). His concerts are regularly broadcasted by radio and television in France and abroad. Olivier made his U.S. debut in Washington DC in 2014, where he played a recital devoted to Rameau, Debussy, Ravel.
He has also collaborated with several orchestras : Orchestre National de Lorraine, 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… In 2010, he was 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 labels AmeSon/Codaex.
