OLIVIER FLUCHAIRE
VIOLINIST
www.OlivierFluchaire.com
Ofluch@earthlink.net
(917) 770-8970
HIGHER EDUCATION
A. Degrees
Dates
Degree
Date
Institution
Attended
and Major
Conferred
Graduate Center, CUNY
1998-2011
D.M.A. in Music
2011
Manhattan School of Music
1995-97
M.M. in Violin
1997
Manhattan School of Music
1992-95
B.M. in Violin
1995
Doctoral Dissertation: The Bernard Ouchard School of Bow-Making in Mirecourt, France, from 1971-81.
B. Additional Education
Yehudi Menuhin School
1989-1992
Violin major, viola minor
PRINCIPAL VIOLIN/VIOLA/CHAMBER MUSIC/CONDUCTING TEACHERS
Daniel Phillips
1998-2000
Violin
David Gilbert
1996-1997
Conducting
PaTinka Kopec
1995-1997
Violin
Isidore Cohen/ Tokyo Quartet
1995-1997
Chamber Music
Glen Cortese
1994-1995
Conducting
Isaac Malkin
1992-1995
Violin
Ani Kavafian/ Sylvia Rosenberg
1992-1995
Chamber Music
Yehudi Menuhin/ Guen En Shen
1989-1992
Violin/ viola
Jacques Ghesthem
1985-1989
Violin
Chlotilde Munch
1978-1989
Violin
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
A. Pre-College Teaching (Violin/Viola/Chamber Music)
Institution
Dates
Private Studio Violin and Viola
1995-present
Mannes School Extension Division, NY
2007-2009
Amadeus Conservatory, NY
2000-2007
The 92nd Street Y, NY
2000-2002
Kaufman Center, NY
1998-2001
Yehudi Menuhin School, UK
1990-1992
B. College/University Teaching
Institution
Manhattanville College
Manhattanville College
Manhattanville College
College of Staten Island, CUNY
College of Staten Island, CUNY
Hunter College, CUNY
Hunter College, CUNY
Brooklyn/Queens Cons.
Queens College, CUNY
Queens College, CUNY
Utah State University, UT
Dates
2014-present
2012-2014
2010- 2012
2011- 2014
2000- 2011
2010- present
2007- 2010
2000- 04
2000
1998-2000
1995-97
Rank
Instructor
Instructor
Instructor
Instructor
Asst. Faculty
Rank
Department
Asst. Prof (tenure-track)
Music
Asst. Prof. (Visiting, Full-time)
Music
Adjunct
Music
Adjunct Asst. Prof.
Music
Adjunct Lecturer
Music
Performance Instructor
Music
Adjunct Lecturer
Music
Performance Instructor
Music
Adjunct Lecturer
Music
New York Times Fellow
Music
Visiting Faculty
Music
Name: Olivier Fluchaire
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C. Summer Teaching
Institution
Summit Music Festival (New York)
Affetti Music Festival (Alaska)
Utah State University
Iowa Chamber Music Workshop
D. College Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
Manhattanville College
Dates
2011-present
2010-2012
1995-1997
1995-1997
Department
Violin/Viola/Chamber Music
Violin/Viola/Chamber Music
Quartet in residence
Quartet in residence
Private 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, CUNY
Private 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, CUNY
Private Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Introduction to Music History (MUS 101)
String Methods (MUS 641)
Orchestra Conductor/Music Director
Queens College, CUNY
String Methods (MUE 215)
Chamber Music
At Utah State University
Private Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Chamber Music
Undergraduate Honors Class:
Manhattanville College
Graduate Courses:
At Hunter College
Music & Politics (CSCH 1060)- Course created by O. Fluchaire, presented and
approved by the Academic Policy Committee at Manhattanville College, 2013.
Orchestra Conductor/Music Director
Private Lessons in Violin
Private Lessons in Viola
Chamber Music
Name: Olivier Fluchaire
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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
2013
Kiddle/Fluchaire Improvisation for Violin and Computer
Summit Festival, NY
2012
Jeffery Kiddle Duo for flute and violin
World Premiere
Summit Festival, NY
2007
Jeffrey Jacobs
Sextet
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2007
Michael Shelle Struwwelpeter
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2005
David Keberle “Slice” for solo violin
New York premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2003
Eun-Kyung Kim “Permutation” Quintet
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2002
Matthew Harris “Elegy for solo Violin”
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2002
Lathat Klein
“Romance II” for solo violin
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2002
San Jick Jun
“Threnus for solo Violin”
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2001
Elias Tannenbaum “Mostly five” Quintet
Written for/ premiered by Soundclock, Riverside
2001
Toshi Ichiyanagi “Time appearing as if Fragrance” Written for/premiered by O. Fluchaire, Weill Hall
2001
Gerald Chenoweth “Phantasm” Quartet
US premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2001
Eun-Kyung Kim “Soundclock II”
World premiere
Riverside Church, NYC
2001
Geonyong Lee “Rhapsody” for Violin and piano US premiere
Merkin,Hall, NYC
2001
Eun-Kyung Kim “Soundclock III”
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
2000
Carolyn Lord
“Hush” Duo
World premiere
Merkin Hall, NYC
Name: Olivier Fluchaire
2000
2000
1999
1999
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Toshi Ichiyanagi “Interrelation”
Eun-Kyung Kim “Soundclock I”
Eun-Kyung Kim “Rainbow”
Nils Vigeland
“Envoy” for Violin and piano
US premiere
World premiere
World premiere
Asia premiere
Elebash Hall, NYC
Christ & St. Stephen’s
PANMusic Festival
PANMusic 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 2014
Conductor, the CSI Orchestra
December 2013 Conductor, the CSI Orchestra
May 2009
Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra
March 2009
Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra
December 2008 Guest Conductor, Great Neck High School (Beethoven Symphony No. 1 and Copland “Fanfare”)
December 2008 Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra (contemporary program)
November 2008 Conductor, The Hunter Symphony Orchestra (Faure, Copland, Bach and Vaughan Williams)
February 2008 Reading session for the Hunter Symphony (Mozart Symphony No. 40 G minor Symphony)
February 2008 Reading session for the Hunter Symphony (Haydn “Surprise” Symphony)
1990-92
Conducted various concerts of contemporary music at the Menuhin School (London, UK)
May1990
Conducting “Debut” at St. John Smith Square (London, UK)
COMPETITIONS & ACADEMIC HONORS
2012
Awarded a Professional Development Grant by the PSC/CUNY
1999
Winner of the 28th Annual Artists International
1998-99
New York Times Fellowship Graduate Center, CUNY
1995-97
Full-tuition Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1994
Full-tuition Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1993
Advanced Standing, Manhattan School of Music
1993
Merit Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
1988
Gold Medal, Grenoble Conservatory
1986
First Prize, UFAM International Competition
1985
First Prize, Le Royaume de la Musique
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Organizations
2008-09
Coordinator of Orchestral Studies at Hunter College/CUNY
2007-2011
Personnel Director/Concertmaster for the Piano Concerti Series presented by Yamaha Artists, Inc.
2005-2011
Secretary for the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
2000-2008
Personnel Director for the Bachanalia Festival Orchestra and the Bachanalia Chamber Ensemble
1999-2005
Founding member of The Soundclock Contemporary Ensemble
1993-1997
Founding member of the Arcata String Quartet (under Thea Dispecker Management, NY)
Competition Judge
February 2010
“Evening of Piano Concerti” competition, New York, NY
May 2007
Hunter College/CUNY, Concerto Competition, New York, NY
Name: Olivier Fluchaire
December 2005
April 2003
February 2001
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Manhattan School of Music, Preparatory Division, Concerto Competition, New York NY
Rutgers State University, Concerto Competition, New Brunswick NJ
Lectures, Master Classes, and Papers
February 2014
Master class in Sheboygan, MI
August 2013
Master class at Summit Music Festival in Purchase, NY
July 2012
Paper: 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 2009
Master class at the Diller-Quaille school of music, New York
February 2009
Guest speaker at MIT, Boston, MA, hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
March 2008
Guest speaker at MIT, Boston, MA, hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
February 2008
Master class in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hosted by the Preucil School.
April 2003
The Juilliard School. performance of the Bach Chaconne according to a
paper delivered by Dr. Raymond Erickson
April 2003
Maryland University: Lecture/performance at the “Japan Now” conference
November 1999
Seoul 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
4/10/10
Interview with WFU (Fairbanks, Alaska)
7/22/06
A One-Hour Live Interview/performance with Julia Figueras for WXXI Rochester
4/6/06
Live Chamber Music Webcast from Trinity Church, New York
2/5/04
The Discovery Channel. Music for a World War II Documentary
3/7/02
CBS: ‘Late Show” with David Letterman. “The Orchestra”
5/23/00
Bronx net TV- Live Broadcast of Beethoven Triple Concerto.
5/10/98
“The Listening Room with Robert Sherman,” WQXR-FM, interview with the Arcata Quartet.
9/10/97
MDR Leipzig, Live Broadcast of Copland Sextet with the Arcata String Quartet
8/13/97
France 3 Television with the Arcata String Quartet
7/3/96
WUSU Interview with the Arcata String Quartet
6/3/95
ABC Sports with the Arcata String Quartet
2/7/91
BBC 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 and melodic idiom. The pieces’ many unaccompanied cadenzas showed his
sonorous, intense, variable tone to fine advantage.”
Edith Eisler for 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 Gibbins for The 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 Schrade for
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
Name: Olivier Fluchaire
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“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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