Joséphine Olech

BIOGRAPHY

French flautist, Joséphine Olech, praised for her “subtle elegance” and “luminous joy” by Bachtrack, enjoys a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. Appointed principal flute of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017, she has since solidified her place as an eminent young artist by winning the First Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019.

Winner of the third prize at the Prague Spring International Competition (2015), Joséphine has been invited to appear as a soloist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Magdeburg Philharmonie, and Orchestre des Pays de Savoie among others. As a testament to her talent,  Révélation Classique ADAMI nominated her to their 2018 young artist roster in France.

Her latest album, released in 2021 by  Orchid Classics, presents three flute concertos by Carl Nielsen, Theodoor Verhey and Jean Françaix, recorded with the Odense Symphony Orchestra and Anna Skryleva. As a laureate of the 2020 Fanny Mendelssohn Förderpreis, she released her debut album « Reconnect – Nature and the Modern Man », with the label Es-Dur Hamburg. This album proposes to paint a sound picture of the complex relationship between modern mankind and Nature, around the works of Debussy, Steve Reich, Michel van der Aa, George Crumb and Toru Takemitsu.

Joséphine’s solo career has taken her to festivals all over the world such as the Copenhagen Summer Festival (Denmark), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (Germany), Folle Journée de Nantes (France), International Chamber Music Festival Ede (Netherlands). As a frequent chamber musician, Joséphine regularly performs with Juliette Hurel (flute), Julien Hervé (clarinet), Anaïs Gaudemard (harp), Sindy Mohamed (viola), Sélim Mazari (piano), quatuor Hanson, ensemble Ouranos, to name a few.

Dedicated to championing new music and expanding the repertoire for flute, Joséphine recently premiered the new flute concerto by Thierry Escaich, commissionned by the Rotterdam Philharmonic orchestra, in Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Lahav Shani.

Born in Paris, France in 1994, Joséphine holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP). She counts Sophie Cherrier and Nathalie Rozat as her most influential professors. She is represented by Interartists Amsterdam.

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