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OLIVIER RABBATH - BIOGRAPHY 1961 * March 22, born at 9:30 am 9 Boulevard Arago in Paris 13, France. 1966 * September entered School Rue Victor Cousin Paris 5, two blocks from the Sorbonne. 1968 * Chaotic year, full of inspiration from students and workers who were rioting. 1970 * First year in a Jesuit boarding school. A nightmare year that taught me about control within a religious institution. 1971 / 1973 * 3 years in a laic boarding school: “Le college de L’Andelle” a gorgeous place with 80 acres of wood, tennis court, horse riding, 3 years of dreams and studies, helping me repair the damage of the Jesuit school. 1974 / 1977 * 3 years of public boarding school: “Lycee de Rambouillet”. A huge school containing 3,000 students with very good teachers. *First compositions for piano: "Balade" 1974, “Lebanon”74, “Intrigue” 74, “Drunk” 75, “Automne” 75, “Berceuse” 75, “Spring” 76, “Winter”76, “Paris je t’Aime” 76, “Piano Poeme no 1” 77, "Sur les Quais de la Seine" 77. 1978/1981 * Study trip to North India, “Kashmir” and Ladakh” for 9 months, based on the relation between religion (Muslims and Buddhists) and the environment (small mountains, and Himalayas). Drawings on rice paper, oil paintings on canvas. * Compositions for piano: “for Stravinsky” 78, “Jardin du Luxembourg” 78, “Guitar Poeme no 1” 79, “Guitar Poeme no 2” 79, “Annoying Crazy Bees” 79, “Piano Poeme no 2” 79, “Piano Poeme no 3” 79, “Horses” 80, “Rue d’Avron” 80, “Mamie” 81. * Passed the concur entrance at the art school: Auguste Renoir in Paris, France, and got my diploma (BTS) of Arts Appliqués Option Graphic Arts. * Cartoonist in the newspaper: “Don Quichotte”, the “Journopolitain”, “Sexpol”, and “5eme Derniere”. * Graphic designer for the association “ACT” (Association Combat Transport). 1982/1985 * Entered the Art school: “Les Beaux Arts de Versailles”, then their location in Paris. Studied mainly oil painting techniques. * Creation of the book “The Hunchback” with the text and the 14 black and white drawings. * Publication of the method of piano: “The Agrexandrins” in collaboration of Mr Alain Louvier and his wife, in 2 volumes edited by Alphonse Leduc. * Publication of the CD for kids: “Caroline Chante” with Mrs. Claude Moutier l’Epeingle, edited by Alphonse Leduc. * Cartoonist for the magazine, “Intersocial”, and “Passeport International”. * Exhibition of painting at the MJC (Maison des Jeunes et de la culture) in the 5eme area of Paris. * Exhibition of painting in the garden “Les Tuileries” and “Le Jardin du Luxembourg”. * Compositions for Piano: “Souvenir de Bretagne” 82, “Dancing with the Wind” 82, “Nawal” 84. 1985/1987 * Worked as Fashion Designer for the company, “Creations Contemporaines”. * Creation of the label, “Le petit Diable”, feminine ready to wear. * Opened the first Boutique of fashion under the name: “Illusion” rue de lagny Paris 20. * First public recital at the “Cortot Theater” for piano, 1987. * Creation of the book "Momo the Eskimo" made with human hair and color ink. 1988/1990 * Worked as Fashion designer for the company: “Design Int’l Production”. * Created the label: “Illusion”, a unisex ready to wear based on 32 combinations, 4 colors and 8 motifs, printed on black sweater, jersey, or elastic fabric. * Introduction of the first shoe collection for men and women under the label, ”Your shoe”. * Admitted as “Jeune Talents” (Young talents) in the “Groupe des Halles, at the “Salon du prêt a Porter Feminin" in Paris. * First shoe show in New York City: the FANNY, sponsored by “La Federation Francaise de la Chaussure”. * Opened a second boutique of fashion, under the name: “Les Templiers” rue Quincampoix Paris 3. * Organized a fashion exhibition at “Centre George Pompidou”, sponsored by the “Federation du prêt a Porter Feminin”, Mr. Jean Pierre Joly. 1990 * Exhibition of fashion (Shoes and Boots”), organized by the city of Paris, under the theme of ” Les Métiers d’Art de Paris”. * Moved my shoe factory to Miami, Florida, USA. 1991/1993 * Developed the shoe line: “Your Shoe”, with management of production in Leon, GTO, Mexico. 1993/1995 * Worked on marketing, by developing mail orders in different Magazines (Details mag, Premiere, and Paper mag.) 1996/2000 * Creation of a shoe line for women and children. * Painting and development of a new approach to oil painting - a technique based on “Hand as Brushes”. 7 studies on “nano” dimension. * Composition for double bass “Flowing” 1997 performed by 60 double bassists during the annual Bassist Workshop in Washington DC. 2000 * Closure of the Florida shoe factory, due to the lost of my partner. 2001/2003 * Development and production of molding, used as decoration for fashion stores and private homes in Florida. * Compositions for piano: “Fog” 2003, “Tourment” 2003, “Enfance” 2003. 2004/2007 * Moved to New York City and continued to develop the decoration skill for restaurants and private homes. * Composition for Piano: “Valse pour mon Pere” 2004, “BigBang” 2005, “Birth” 2004, “3 photons” 2004, “Marche Funebre” 2006. * Worked as a cartoonist for the Chinese magazine: “Coastide”. * Cartoon animation, The Busybus Cartoon, was commissioned by a company that provides the service of small bus transport. * Composed music for a feature: “The Corn Starch Gizmo”, directed by Astro Saladino. * Designed the DVD cover for “The Corn Starch Gizmo”. * Created 3 cartoon animations for “Gizmo”, as well and the logo for another movie, “The Creative Conspiracy”. * Invented and patented a system of suspending musical instruments within a carbon fiber travel case, under the label, “The Rabbath’Case” * Started production of this new trunk for the double bass. * Participated in the annual conference, the “International Society of Bassist”, Oklahoma, June 2007, where new case was featured. * Composed 3 scores for double bass and piano, and a score for choral, commissioned by the conductor, Mr. Jesse Peckham. * Developed a “movements in window dressing” technique, a new concept to attract customers, such as a mannequin crossing the window, clothing in movement, etc. Works in process: * A screen play: “The Substitute” (character driven plot) * Book for kids: ”Le Sable Emouvant”, with illustrations and music for a Musical Editor. * Installations of “modules in movement” for Christmas windows, based on characters of the event (Santa, etc…). * Music, as well as 5 minutes of cartoon animation, for the latest work of director, Astro Saladino, movie “Flimsy Toad Paper”. * Decoration of Restaurants in Brooklyn (Smith Street and Court Street). CONTACT: Olivier Rabbath www.olivierrabbath.com // 1.917.673.3891 // Cathedral Station PO. Box 972, New York, NY 10025 email: musicbyolivier@yahoo.com |