Olivier Toussaint

Olivier Toussaint
Olivier Toussaint in 1969
Background information
Origin	Paris, France
Genres	Instrumental pop Classical Easy listening
Occupation(s)	Composer, Arranger Singer, Producer
Instruments	Guitar Piano
Years active	1968 - Present
Labels	Delphine AZ

Olivier Toussaint is a French composer, pop singer, orchestra arranger, company manager, and record producer.

He was born in Paris, in a family of classical musicians. His great-grandfather, Gilbert Duprez was a very well known Opera singer. His grandparents were both opera singers, and his mother was a concert pianist who played in big orchestras in France.

On the insistence of his mother, he studied Economics and Social Sciences at University in Paris. But as soon as he graduated, he was back making music. He worked professionally as a singer and musician, playing guitar. At the same time he was involved in writing music for television and the cinema.

Classical music was a part of his life due to his family background, but it did not fit to his musical expectations. Other than classical music, he was very interested in jazz, easy listening, semi-classical, and pop music.

He started a partnership with the French composer, Paul de Senneville in 1968. Soon after, they started to compose many songs together. Their collaboration got well known immediately, and their compositions were recorded by major French singers such as Michel Polnareff, Christophe, Dalida, Petula Clark, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu. They internationally sold more than 100 million records.