Olivier Schultheis

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]

Olivier Schultheis
Background information
Also known as	So^[1]
Born	(1965-04-29) April 29, 1965 (age 59)
Origin	France
Occupation(s)	Musician · composer · conductor · arranger
Years active	1990 – present
Citizenship	France
Children	Jules, Clemence, and Adrian
Parent	Jean Schultheis (father)
Relatives	Julien (brother)

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.

Albums composer

• À l'envers, (2004) by Steeve Estatof
• Le Roi Soleil (2005)
• Thierry Amiel (2006) by Thierry Amiel
• Quand l'éternité...(2006) by Hélène Ségara
• Inventaire (2007) by Christophe Willem
• Mon Paradis (2007) by Christophe Maé
• Mozart, l'opéra rock (musical, 2008)
• Best of VO/VS (2010) by Calogero
• Donne moi le temps by Jennifer

References

1. "So (9)". Discogs.
2. X Factor page on Olivier Schultheis (in French)
3. Olivier Schultheis, le tueur de X Factor? (in French)

External links

• (in French)
• X Factor website (series 2) (in French)
• Olivier Schultheis page at Discogs