Olivier Benoit

Orchestre National de Jazz, Olivier Benoit – Europa: Paris (2014)
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The Orchestre National De Jazz led by Olivier Benoit has taken its first steps on stage on February 1st 2014 at Sons d’Hiver Festival and has presented its program EUROPA “PARIS”. This singular tribute to the French capital composed by Olivier Benoit will be the subject of the first album of the ONJ available on May 26 on the new “in-house” OnJazz Records.

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Orchestre National de Jazz, Olivier Benoit – Europa Berlin (2015)
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After Paris, Olivier Benoit turned to an exploration of Berlin for the second chapter of Europa. Paying even more heed to its architecture, this time the composer centred his efforts on history and memory of the city with a population that was young, creative and cosmopolitan. Declined in dense compositions with lyrical imprints, this shimmering portrait questions the various manners in which the Germans have confronted their recent past. Olivier Benoit captured the heterogeneous spirit of the city with contrasted music that makes brilliant use of all the orchestra’s resources. Faithful to his singular compositional methods associating the dynamics of timbres with a true “feel” for architecture in motion and a hypnotic rhythmical pulse, with Europa Berlin the composer opened up new perspectives in both sound and form, and which drew on the different musical currents that “inhabit” the German capital: minimalist music, free jazz, progressive rock and electronic music.

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Olivier Benoit, Orchestre National de Jazz – Europa Oslo (2017)
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Whether appearing solo as a guitarist or leading orchestras whose personnel and size couldn’t vary more — they range from the quartet to the big-band —, Olivier Benoit’s sole obsession has always been to further his explorations of territories still barely represented on the official map of contemporary music.

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