Name: Olivier Fluchaire- 1 -
OLIVIER FLUCHAIRE
VIOLINIST
(917) 770-8970
HIGHER EDUCATION
A. Degrees
DatesDegreeDate
InstitutionAttendedand MajorConferred
Graduate Center, CUNY1998-2011D.M.A. in Music2011
Manhattan School of Music1995-97M.M. in Violin1997
Manhattan School of Music1992-95B.M. in Violin1995
Doctoral Dissertation: The Bernard Ouchard School of Bow-Making in Mirecourt, France, from 1971-81.
B. Additional Education
Yehudi Menuhin School1989-1992Violin major, viola minor
PRINCIPALVIOLIN/VIOLA/CHAMBER MUSIC/CONDUCTING TEACHERS
Daniel Phillips1998-2000Violin
David Gilbert1996-1997Conducting
PaTinka Kopec1995-1997Violin
Isidore Cohen/ Tokyo Quartet1995-1997Chamber Music
Glen Cortese1994-1995Conducting
Isaac Malkin1992-1995Violin
Ani Kavafian/ Sylvia Rosenberg1992-1995Chamber Music
Yehudi Menuhin/ Guen En Shen1989-1992Violin/ viola
Jacques Ghesthem1985-1989Violin
Chlotilde Munch1978-1989Violin
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
A. Pre-College Teaching (Violin/Viola/Chamber Music)
InstitutionDatesRank
Private Studio Violin and Viola1995-present
Mannes School Extension Division, NY2007-2009Instructor
Amadeus Conservatory, NY2000-2007Instructor
The 92nd Street Y, NY 2000-2002Instructor
Kaufman Center, NY1998-2001Instructor
Yehudi Menuhin School, UK 1990-1992Asst. Faculty
B. College/University Teaching
InstitutionDatesRank Department
Manhattanville College2014-presentAsst. Prof (tenure-track)Music
Manhattanville College2012-2014Asst. Prof. (Visiting, Full-time)Music
Manhattanville College2010- 2012AdjunctMusic
College of Staten Island, CUNY2011- 2014Adjunct Asst. Prof.Music
College of Staten Island, CUNY2000- 2011Adjunct LecturerMusic
Hunter College, CUNY2010- presentPerformance InstructorMusic
Hunter College, CUNY2007- 2010Adjunct LecturerMusic
Brooklyn/Queens Cons.2000- 04Performance InstructorMusic
Queens College, CUNY 2000Adjunct LecturerMusic
Queens College, CUNY 1998-2000 New York Times Fellow Music
Utah State University, UT 1995-97Visiting FacultyMusic
C. Summer Teaching
InstitutionDatesDepartment
Summit Music Festival (New York)2011-presentViolin/Viola/Chamber Music
Affetti Music Festival (Alaska)2010-2012Violin/Viola/Chamber Music
Utah State University1995-1997Quartet in residence
Iowa Chamber Music Workshop 1995-1997Quartet in residence
D. College Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
Manhattanville CollegePrivate Lessons in Violin (MUA 2605/6/5606)
Chamber Music (MUA 4479)
Theory I & II (MUT 1031/3)
Listening to Music (MUH 1007)
String (MUE 2070)
Composition and Analysis (MUT 3036)
Ear-training/Dictation I, II (MUT1041/2)
Music Senior Project (MUH 3998)
Orchestration (MUT 3943)
College of Staten Island, CUNYPrivate Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Chamber Music (MUS 115/116/215/216)
Performance Workshop
Rudiments of Music (MUS 120)
Introduction to Music History (MUS 110)
Orchestra Conductor/Music Director (MUS 164/165)
Hunter College, CUNYPrivate Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Introduction to Music History (MUS 101)
String Methods (MUS 641)
Orchestra Conductor/Music Director
Queens College, CUNYString Methods (MUE 215)
Chamber Music
At Utah State UniversityPrivate Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Chamber Music
Undergraduate Honors Class:
Manhattanville CollegeMusic & Politics(CSCH 1060)-Course created by O. Fluchaire, presented and approved by the Academic Policy Committee at Manhattanville College, 2013.
Graduate Courses:
At Hunter CollegeOrchestra Conductor/Music Director
Private Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Chamber Music
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:
A. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 2013-2014, 2015 SEASONS:
May 2015: J. Brahms violin concerto Op. 77, with the New Haven Civic Orchestra (New Haven, Connecticut)
May 2014: P. Tchaikovsky violin Concerto Op. 35, with New York Repertory Orchestra, (Times Square, New York)
February 2014: F. Mendelssohn concerto for violin, piano and orchestra MWVO4, with the Sheboygan Symphony (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
December 2013: F. Mendelssohn concerto for violin, piano and orchestra MWVO4, with the CSI Orchestra (Staten Island, NY)
December 2013: E. Chausson Poéme Op. 25, with the Manhattanville Orchestra (Purchase, NY)
B. PREVIOUS CONCERTI PERFORMANCES WITH THE:
American Chamber Orchestra
Arctic Chamber Orchestra
Affetti Chamber Orchestra
Irish Art Ensemble
Broadway Bach Ensemble
New York Repertory Orchestra
Manhattanville College Orchestra
Anchorage Sinfonia Orchestra
Jupiter Symphony
French Philharmonia Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra
Hunter Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Bronx
Camerata Lisy Orchestra
CSI Orchestra
Sheboygan Symphony
C. NOTABLE COLLABORATIVE/CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES ALONGSIDE:
Lord Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Mark Peskanov, violin
Martin Canin, piano
Michael Tree, violist with the Guarneri String Quartet
Nina Beilina, violin
David Geber, cellist with the American String Quartet
Lawrence Dutton, violist with the Emerson String Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinetist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Piotr Paleczny, piano
E. WORLD/US PREMIERES
2013Kiddle/FluchaireImprovisation for Violin and ComputerSummit Festival, NY
2012Jeffery KiddleDuo for flute and violinWorld PremiereSummit Festival, NY
2007Jeffrey JacobsSextetWorld premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2007Michael ShelleStruwwelpeterWorld premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2005David Keberle“Slice” for solo violinNew York premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2003Eun-Kyung Kim“Permutation” QuintetWorld premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2002Matthew Harris“Elegy for solo Violin”World premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2002Lathat Klein“Romance II” for solo violinWorld premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2002San Jick Jun“Threnus for solo Violin”World premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2001Elias Tannenbaum “Mostly five” QuintetWritten for/ premiered by Soundclock, Riverside
2001Toshi Ichiyanagi“Time appearing as if Fragrance”Written for/premiered by O. Fluchaire, Weill Hall
2001Gerald Chenoweth “Phantasm” QuartetUS premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2001Eun-Kyung Kim“Soundclock II”World premiereRiverside Church, NYC
2001Geonyong Lee “Rhapsody” for Violin and pianoUS premiereMerkin,Hall, NYC
2001Eun-Kyung Kim“Soundclock III”World premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2000Carolyn Lord“Hush”DuoWorld premiereMerkin Hall, NYC
2000Toshi Ichiyanagi“Interrelation”US premiereElebash Hall, NYC
2000Eun-Kyung Kim “Soundclock I”World premiereChrist & St. Stephen’s
1999Eun-Kyung Kim“Rainbow”World premierePANMusic Festival
1999Nils Vigeland“Envoy” for Violin and pianoAsia premierePANMusic Festival
F. CLASSICAL RECORDINGS
Borodin String Quartet, VOX Label, Arcata String Quartet
Borodin String Quintet, VOX Label, Arcata String Quartet
Respighi Quartet, VOX Label, Arcata String Quartet
G. NOTABLE PERFORMANCES AS AN ORCHESTRAL PLAYER:
Mostly Mozart Festival (asst. Concertmaster)
New York Chamber Symphony (asst. Concertmaster)
“The Lion King” on Broadway (Acting Concertmaster)
Naumberg Summer Concerts in Central Park (Principal)
Connecticut Grand Opera (Concertmaster)
New York Pops (Principal)
Bachanalia Orchestra (Concertmaster)
CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE/CONCERTS
May 2014Conductor, the CSI Orchestra
December 2013Conductor, the CSI Orchestra
May 2009Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra
March 2009Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra
December 2008Guest Conductor, Great Neck High School (Beethoven Symphony No. 1 and Copland “Fanfare”)
December 2008Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra (contemporary program)
November 2008Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra (Faure, Copland, Bach and Vaughan Williams)
February 2008Reading session for the Hunter Symphony (Mozart Symphony No. 40 G minorSymphony)
February 2008Reading session for the Hunter Symphony (Haydn “Surprise” Symphony)
1990-92Conducted various concerts of contemporary music at the Menuhin School (London, UK)
May1990Conducting “Debut” at St. John Smith Square (London, UK)
COMPETITIONS & ACADEMIC HONORS
2012Awarded a Professional Development Grant by the PSC/CUNY
1999Winner of the 28th Annual Artists International
1998-99New York Times Fellowship Graduate Center, CUNY
1995-97Full-tuition Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1994Full-tuition Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1993Advanced Standing, Manhattan School of Music
1993Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1988Gold Medal, Grenoble Conservatory
1986First Prize, UFAM International Competition
1985First Prize, Le Royaume de la Musique
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Organizations
2008-09Coordinator of Orchestral Studies at Hunter College/CUNY
2007-2011Personnel Director/Concertmaster for the Piano Concerti Series presented by Yamaha Artists, Inc.
2005-2011Secretary for the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
2000-2008Personnel Director for the Bachanalia Festival Orchestra and the Bachanalia Chamber Ensemble
1999-2005Founding member of The Soundclock Contemporary Ensemble
1993-1997Founding member of the Arcata String Quartet (under Thea Dispecker Management, NY)
Competition Judge
February 2010“Evening of Piano Concerti” competition, New York, NY
May 2007Hunter College/CUNY, Concerto Competition, New York, NY
December 2005Wagner College’s Young Artist Competition, Staten Island, NY
April 2003Manhattan School of Music, Preparatory Division, Concerto Competition, New York NY
February 2001Rutgers State University, Concerto Competition, New Brunswick NJ
Lectures, Master Classes, and Papers
February 2014Master class in Sheboygan, MI
August 2013Master class at Summit Music Festival in Purchase, NY
July 2012Paper: The French School of Bow-Making in Mirecourt and Paris from François Xavier Tourte to Bernard Ouchard, presented at the Franco-Belgium International Music ; La Spezia, Italy.
March 2009Master class at the Diller-Quaille school of music, New York
February 2009Guest speaker at MIT, Boston, MA, hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
March 2008Guest speaker at MIT, Boston, MA, hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
February 2008Master class in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hosted by the Preucil School.
April 2003The Juilliard School. performance of the Bach Chaconne according to a paper delivered by Dr. Raymond Erickson
April 2003Maryland University: Lecture/performance at the “Japan Now” conference
November 1999Seoul National University, Korea. Lecture “Music for violin and piano after 1950”
November 1999 Suwon University, Korea. Lecture “Music for violin and piano after 1950”
TV, RADIO and WEB CAST
4/10/10Interview with WFU (Fairbanks, Alaska)
7/22/06A One-Hour Live Interview/performance with Julia Figueras for WXXI Rochester
4/6/06Live Chamber Music Webcast from Trinity Church, New York
2/5/04The Discovery Channel. Music for a World War II Documentary
3/7/02CBS: ‘Late Show” with David Letterman. “The Orchestra”
5/23/00Bronx net TV- Live Broadcast of Beethoven Triple Concerto.
5/10/98“The Listening Room with Robert Sherman,” WQXR-FM, interview with the Arcata Quartet.
9/10/97MDR Leipzig, Live Broadcast of Copland Sextet with the Arcata String Quartet
8/13/97France 3 Television with the Arcata String Quartet
7/3/96WUSU Interview with the Arcata String Quartet
6/3/95ABC Sports with the Arcata String Quartet
2/7/91BBC Television. Young Artist of the Year, Pilot.
OUTSIDE RECOGNITION
“A spectacular virtuoso, Olivier Fluchaire played with effortless brilliance,unbridled passion, and a remarkable flair for Piazzolla’s rhythmic andmelodic idiom.The pieces’ many unaccompanied cadenzas showed his sonorous, intense, variable tone to fine advantage.”
Edith Eislerfor New York Concert Review
“Olivier Fluchaire gave a world-class performance during the first half of the evening's program. Performing Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64, his performance was technical and artistic perfection finely matched by the members of the symphony.”
Jennifer GibbinsforThe Cordova Times
“Pianist Yoojin Oh joined forces with Olivier Fluchaire, violin, and Peter Sanders, cello, in a performance of exceptional blending and dovetailing. Well polished […] the interpretation was striking for its unity. The trio section of the Scherzo was a high point, finding the three musicians at their most impassioned.“
Rorianne Schradefor New York Concert Review
“He proved to be adroit, technically accomplished ... It was beautiful and expressively played.”
Harris Goldsmith (music critic for the New York Times), New York Concert Review
“Mr. Fluchaire’s technical brilliance projects his sound with great tonal beauty filled with nuances”
Le Dauphiné, France
“The group has the full measure of Borodin’s compositional approach and generates a feeling of well-bred, intelligent interaction.”
The Strad Magazine
“A polished and powerful account.”
The Strad Magazine
“When I heard him play, I always found him to be an exceptionally sensitive and a very musical violinist.”
Lord Yehudi Menuhin
“Played with great tonal beauty and a cohesiveness one would only expect from artists who have been together for many years.”
Island Arts, Shelter Island Reporter
“Mr. Fluchaire proved a talent comparable to his prestigious partner, Yehudi Menuhin”
Le Dauphine, Paris, France
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