{{Short description|French classical guitarist}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2024}} '''Olivier Chassain''' is a French classical guitarist.
After learning the guitar with Roger Généraux,<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/4945737-Roger-G%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux Roger Généraux] (Discogs)</ref> Chassain completed his training with Carel Harms.
He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1977 in Alexandre Lagoya's class, and in 1982 won the First Prizes for guitar, harmony and counterpoint. In 1988 he was the first non-American guitarist to receive the First Prize of the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. Since then, he has given concerts in Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada and the United States, to which he returns regularly.
A Professor at the conservatories of Orléans (1978-1991) and Bordeaux (since 1991), Chassain succeeded Alexandre Lagoya in 1994 to the guitar class of the CNSMDP. He also gives master classes.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dPP7SJauxM Chassain masterclass] (YouTube)</ref>
He has composed a number of music scores for guitar alone or with various instruments (''Arion, Étoiles, De loin en loin''), as well as chamber music works and pieces of an educational nature (''Patchwork, Histoire de trains, Orléans memories, Mas Doumy's Circus''). He premiered a work by composer Karol Beffa.
Chassain was a member of the 2004 edition of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition jury. == Records == * Œuvres pour guitare, Olivier Chassain, Frémeaux & Associés, CD album; 06/2002 * Éventail - Les maîtres de la guitare espagnole, Isaac Albeniz Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos; Olivier Chassain, Métronome; CD album; 01/1999 * Almost a song - Tentos 3 - Preludios epigrammaticos... Hans Werner Henze, Leo Brouwer, Olivier Chassain; Métronome; CD album; 07/1998 * Concerti for two mandolins, for two trumpets, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Follia (ensemble Instrumental La)
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== External links == * [http://www.conservatoiredeparis.fr/disciplines/les-enseignants/les-enseignants-detail/enseignant/chassain/ Olivier Chassain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911032050/http://www.conservatoiredeparis.fr/disciplines/les-enseignants/les-enseignants-detail/enseignant/chassain |date=2019-09-11 }} (Conservatoire de Paris) * [https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/olivier-chassain-10520 Olivier Chassain] (Opera National Bordeaux) * [http://www.savarez.fr/olivier-chassain Olivier Chassain] * [https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/landerneau-29800/olivier-chassain-un-maitre-de-la-guitare-chapel-pol-1346316 Olivier Chassain] (''Ouest France'', 30 September 2013) {{Authority control}}
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