Florence Malgoire (9 March 1960 – 11 August 2023) was a French classical violinist, pedagogue and conductor.

Biography

Born in

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from a musicians family, Malgoire began her career under the leadership of her father

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within

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and of her teacher Sigiswald Kuijken with La Petite Bande. Since 1987, she held solo violin positions in baroque ensembles such as Philippe Herreweghe's

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, Christophe Rousset's

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, and William Christie's Les Arts florissants. In 2003, she founded "Les Dominos", an

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with variable geometry, specialising in 17th and 18th century music, which performed in Naples, Beaune, Geneva, Lille, etc. To deepen her sonata work, Malgoire co-founded ''Les Nièces de Rameau'', an ensemble oriented towards the

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repertoire. Alongside her solo career, Malgoire was interested in musical direction: after radio in French-speaking Switzerland, for which she was invited to conduct

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s at the Agapé Festival, she conducted Jean-Féry Rebel, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Bach, but also Mozart's ''

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'' and

Heinrich Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl Li ...

. European specialist of the ancient violin, Malgoire intervened from Sablé to Tokyo while passing by the Royaumont Foundation, the

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of New York, and Rio de Janeiro. In 2000, she began teaching ancient violin and chamber music at the

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and at the Schola Cantorum de Paris until her death. Florence Malgoire died on 11 August 2023, at the age of 63.Décès de la violoniste Florence Malgoire

Discography

* 1990: Mondonville, ''Pièces de clavecin en sonates avec accompagnement de violon'' - Christophe Rousset, harpsichord (3 June 1990, Disques

Pierre Verany Disques Pierre Verany is a French classical music record label named after its founder and producer. Verany, a producer and sound engineer, ran his own label "Disques Pierre Verany" for many years — concentrating on Italian and French baroque m ...

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) * 1991: Clérambault, ''Cantates profanes'' -

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, soprano; Gilles Ragon, tenor; Ensemble Amalia: Philippe Allain-Dupré, flute; Florence Malgoire, violin; Marianne Müller, viol;

Aline Zylberajch Aline Zylberajch is a French harpsichordist, teacher and musicologist, also playing the organ and the piano-forte. Biography Zylberajch studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris with Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Claude Ballif (analysis) and Norbert ...

, harpsichord;

Yasunori Imamura is a Japanese lutenist. Imamura has appeared on more than 150 CDs, both as a soloist and as a member of ensembles. His solo recordings include the complete lute works by Johann Sebastian Bach (two versions : for Naxos in 2018 and for Etcetera ...

, theorbo (1–4 January 1991, Opus 111) * 1994: Leclair, ''Récréation de musique pour 2 violons et Basse continue'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (Disques Pierre Vérany) * 1995: Purcell, ''Trio Sonatas in three and four parts'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (9–12 March 1995, Disques

) * 1998: Rameau's '' Pièces de clavecin en concerts'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (23–24 February 1998, Accord/Universal) * 2003:

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, ''Sonates en trio, Sanguineus et Melancholicus'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (21–25 October 2002, Zig-Zag Territoires) * 2005: Bach, ''Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019)'' - Blandine Rannou, harpsichord (5–16 May 1003, Zig Zag Territoires) * 2011: Jacquet de la Guerre, ''Sonates pour violon'' - Ensemble ''Les Dominos'': Guido Balestracci, viol; Blandine Rannou, harpsichord; Jonathan Rubin, theorbo and guitar (October 2010,

Ricercar A ricercar ( , ) or ricercare ( , ) is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term ''ricercar'' derives from the Italian verb which means 'to search out; to seek'; many ricercars serve a preludial functi ...

) * 2011: Biber's Rosary Sonatas - Ensemble ''Les Dominos'': Guido Balestracci,

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, lyrone; Angélique Mauillon, harp; Jonathan Rubin, theorbo, Baroque guitar; Richard Myron,

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; Blandine Rannou, organ (July 2011, Psalmus PSAL 018/3) * 2012: de Saint George, ''Plaisir d'aimer, souffrance d'aimer, Romances et sonates'' - Luanda Siqueira, soprano; Olivier Baumont, harpsichord

Benoist Stehlin Benoist Stehlin (c.1732 – 11 July 1774) was a French harpsichord builder. Stehlin was born in the Alsatian village of Jettingen; by 1750 he was living and working in Paris. He married Françoise Lemaire, daughter of a merchant from Péronne, ...

1750 and square Longman & Broderip piano-forte, London 1795 (2011, Euromusic/Loreley Production LY046/ Harmonia Mundi) * 2012: Couperin, Sonatas - ''Les Dominos'' (May 2012, Ricercar RIC 330) *2013:

Charpentier Charpentier () is the French language, French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter (surname), Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann (disambigua ...

, ''Sonate à 8'' H.548, ''Pour un reposoir'' H.508, ''Noël pour les instruments'' H.531 & H.534, Les Dominos, Les Agréments, Choeur de chambre de Namur. Florence Malgoire, violin and conducting (May 2012, May 2013, Ricercar RIC 338) * 2014: Rameau, ''Concerts en sextuors'' - ''Les Dominos'': Stéphanie de Failly, Sue Ying Koang, violins; Simon Heyerick, viola; Claire Giardelli, bass violin; Cyril Poulet, cello; Evolène Kiener,

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; Serge Saitta, Amélie Michel, flutes and piccolos; Laurent Stewart, harpsichord; Florence Malgoire, violin and conducting (2014, Ricercar RIC 350)

References

External links

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Florence Malgoire
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France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

Florence Malgoire sur le site du conservatoire de Genève

Un Noël avec Charpentier avec Florence Malgoire
(ResMusica)
Discography

Florence Malgoire
(Schola Cantorum de Paris) * *
BIBER : Sonates du Rosaire, Florence MALGOIRE & Les Dominos
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