A native of Joliette, Olivier Thouin has been Associate Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2008. As a soloist, he has performed with the OSM, the Orchestre Métropolitain, Les Violons du Roy, I Musici de Montréal, and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. In recital and chamber music, he has collaborated with artists such as Emanuel Ax, Marc-André Hamelin, Anton Kuerti, and Ronald Brautigam. In Canada, he regularly performs chamber music with pianist François Zeitouni, the Ensemble Magellan, and his colleagues from the OSM. He has also participated in the Marlboro and Tanglewood festivals in the United States.

Olivier Thouin is a graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and has also studied in Prague and Bern. In 1997, he was awarded the Prix d’Europe in Montreal. He served as Associate Concertmaster of the National Arts Centre Orchestra from 2004 to 2006 and has taught violin, chamber music, and orchestral excerpts at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and at the Université de Montréal. Olivier Thouin plays a 1978 violin made by Sergio Peresson.