Charlier was born in
Albert, Somme and admitted at the age of 10 to the
Conservatoire de Paris where he attracted attention from professionals in the field and earned a scholarship from
Yehudi Menuhin and
Henryk Szeryng in 1976. He received top prizes at many international competitions including:1st place in Munich at 17, Montreal at 18, the
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki at 19, the two great French competitions
Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition (2nd grand prize) and
Georges Enesco of the
SACEM at 20, the
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (4th prize) at 21, and first place at the
Young Concert Artists International Audition in New York in 1989 at the age of 28. He is primarily known as a soloist. ==References==