Olivier Schultheis | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | So[1] |
Born | April 29, 1965 |
Origin | France |
Occupation | Musician · composer · conductor · arranger |
Years active | 1990 – present |
Citizenship | France |
Children | Jules, Clemence, and Adrian |
Father | Jean Schultheis |
Relatives | Julien (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.