Olivier Schultheis

Olivier Schultheis
Background information
Also known asSo[1]
Born (1965-04-29) April 29, 1965
OriginFrance
OccupationMusician · composer · conductor · arranger
Years active1990 – present
CitizenshipFrance
ChildrenJules, Clemence, and Adrian
FatherJean Schultheis
RelativesJulien (brother)

Olivier Schultheis (born 29 April 1965) is a musician, a lyricist, a composer and a conductor. He won the top prize of Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris for his absolute pitch technique.[2]

He became the music conductor in French TV show Nouvelle Star (adaptation of American Idol) and he is now a judge in X Factor on M6 (for the second series in 2011),[3] next to Véronic DiCaire, Henry Padovani and Christophe Willem. His father is Jean Schultheis and his brother is Julien Schultheis.

He is the musical conductor of Mylène Farmer's Live 2019 Paris residency[4] and her Nevermore Stadium Tour[5], after which he composed her standalone single Confession in tribute to film director David Lynch.

Albums and singles composer

Live musical direction

References

  1. ↑ "So (9)". Discogs.
  2. ↑ X Factor page on Olivier Schultheis Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  3. ↑ Olivier Schultheis, le tueur de X Factor? (in French)
  4. ↑ https://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-concerts-2019-paris-la-defense-arena.php
  5. ↑ https://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-nevermore-2023.php
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQdnfDSRfLI&t=5512s&pp=ygUYYWxhaW4gY2hhbWZvcnQgZ3JhbmQgcmV4