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Praised for her subtle elegance and luminous joy

Praised for her “subtle elegance” and “luminous joy” French flutist Joséphine Olech 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, Audience Prize, and Junior Jury Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019. Her 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), among others. Joséphine holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) where she studied with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas. She also spent three summers touring Europe as principal flute of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (2014-2016), where she performed at such prestigious events as the Salzburg Festival and the Lucerne Festival. and released the complete flute duets from W.F.Bach together with Seiya Ueno in 2019. Alexis has been the Program Chair at Tampere Flute Fest since 2020.

About

Praised for her subtle elegance and luminous joy

Praised for her “subtle elegance” and “luminous joy” French flutist Joséphine Olech 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, Audience Prize, and Junior Jury Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019. Her 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), among others. Joséphine holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) where she studied with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas. She also spent three summers touring Europe as principal flute of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (2014-2016), where she performed at such prestigious events as the Salzburg Festival and the Lucerne Festival.