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.X Factor page on Olivier Schultheis (in French)
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),Olivier Schultheis, le tueur de X Factor? (in French) 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 residencyhttps://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-concerts-2019-paris-la-defense-arena.php and her Nevermore Stadium Tourhttps://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-nevermore-2023.php, after which he composed her standalone single Confession in tribute to film director David Lynch.
Albums and singles 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 (2002) by Jennifer Confession (2025) by Mylène Farmer
Live musical direction Elles et lui au Grand Rex (2012) by Alain Chamforthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQdnfDSRfLI&t=5512s&pp=ygUYYWxhaW4gY2hhbWZvcnQgZ3JhbmQgcmV4 Live 2019 (2019) by Mylène Farmer Nevermore 2023/2024 (2023-2024) by Mylène Farmer
References
External links X Factor website (series 1) X Factor website (series 2) Olivier Schultheis page at Discogs