Composer, orchestrator and pianist, Olivier Calmel studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue-writing, and orchestration under Guillaume Connesson. The majority of his works are commissions for soloists, ensembles and orchestras such as Radio France’s Orchestre Philharmonique, the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, the Festival de Violoncelle de Beauvais, the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, ArteCombo, Radio France’s Maîtrise, Violons de France, OSR, PBB, the Chœur Vittoria IDF, Musique Gardiens de la Paix, Clés d’Euphonia, the Orchestre Sortilège, Saint-Pierre d’Amiens, Paris Scoring, Sinequanon, Star Pop Orchestra, SpiriTango, Filipendule, the Orchestre de Levallois, Brassage, Ensemble Nouvelles Portées, Anches Hantées, and more.

His works have been performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Philharmonie de Paris, the Radio France Auditorium, Grand Rex, Studio 104, Cité de la Musique, Théâtre de la Ville, Grand T (Nantes), the Festival de violoncelle de Beauvais, the Opéra de Rennes, the Théâtre du Beauvaisis, CMDC, the Théâtre de Fontainebleau, Maladrerie Saint-Lazare, Kursaal de Dunkerque, MégaCité (Amiens), the Théâtre d’Arras, MAC, Cirque Jules Verne d’Amiens, the Théâtre d’Orléans, the Grand Théâtre de Tours, as well as at New York (Symphony Space), Ohio, Kentucky, Pittsburg (Heinz Hall), Londres, Genève, Lausanne, Annemasse, Innsbruck, Zagreb (National Theatre), Dnipro (Academic Opera and Ballet Theater), Pekin, Pingtung, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and elsewhere.

Ever passionate about film music and the connections between music and images, Olivier Calmel has composed music for documentaries, short films and feautre-lengths, institutional films and animations, as well as for video games. As concert pianist, he performs in various concert halls and festivals such as the Théâtre du Châtelet, Enghien Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vannes, Jazz à Arras, Musiques au Présent, Jazz à Montmartre, Jazz en Nord, MusicaJazz, Festival Klasik, and others. He has also collaborated with artists such as Michael Portal and Pierre Arditi, as well as musical directors including Laëtitia Trouvé, Béatrice Warcollier, Marie-Noëlle Maerten, Aurélien Azan Zielinski, Vincent Renaud, Sébastien Billard, Nicolas Simon, Mathias Charton, Gildas Harnois, Marc Hajjar, Florent Didier, Victor Jacob, Dylan Corlay, Benjamin Garzia and many more.

His works include many pieces for orchestra and chamber ensembles, voice, jazz, film, and educational music. His activities range from composition and orchestration for film music, commissions for orchestras and contemporary ensembles, and jazz.