Geneviève Laurenceau (born 2 November 1977) is a French classical violinist. She was a supersoloist with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse from 2007 to 2017.

Life

Born in

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

, Laurenceau began playing the violin at the age of 3 and started performing at the age of 9 with the philharmonic chamber orchestra of her hometown. She followed the lessons of

Wolfgang Marschner Wolfgang Marschner (23 May 1926 – 24 March 2020) was a German violinist, teacher of violin, composer and conductor. He was concertmaster of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and instrumental in world premieres of contemporary music. He was prof ...

and

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in Germany, then perfected her skills with

Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 3 October 1945) is a French violinist and conductor. His son is the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Biography Kantorow was born in Cannes, France, into a family of Russian-Jewish origin. From the age of 13 he studied ...

in Rotterdam. After several international successes and a First Prize at the Novosibirsk International Competition (Russia), she won the Grand Prize of the Maurice Ravel International Academy in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in September 2001. The following year, she won the 5th "Le violon de l'Adami" competition and made a CD on this occasion, with pianist

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (born 29 December 1986) is a French pianist, organist, and composer. His repertoire extends from Bach to Jean Barraqué, Barraqué and the works of his own contemporaries. He was born in Paris on 29 December 1986. When he ...

Career

Laurenceau is invited to perform as a soloist with French and international orchestras, under the direction of conductors such as

François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor. Biography Roth is the son of the organist Daniel Roth—the two share the same first name. His brother Vincent is a violist. Before turning to conducting, he was a flauti ...

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Tugan Sokhiev Tugan Taymurazovich Sokhiev (; ; born 21 October 1977, Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR) is a Russian conductor. Biography Sokhiev began piano studies at age 7. He first conducted at age 17, inspired by Anatoly Briskin, the conductor of the ...

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… She devotes herself to

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

alongside

Stephen Kovacevich Stephen Kovacevich (born October 17, 1940) is an American classical pianist and conductor. He is particularly celebrated for his recordings of works by Beethoven, Bartók, and Schubert, and is known for technical skill, clarity of playing, and a ...

Philippe Jaroussky Philippe Jaroussky (; born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a counterteno ...

, Tatjana Vassiljeva,

Emmanuel Rossfelder Emmanuel Rossfelder (born 1973) is a French classical guitarist. Life Rossfelder started playing the guitar at the age of 5. He started as a student of Raymond Gellier. At the age of 8, he entered the Conservatoire de musique of Aix en Provenc ...

Bertrand Chamayou Bertrand Chamayou (born 23 March 1981) is a French pianist. Career Born in Toulouse, Chamayou studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse under the tutelage of Claudine Willoth, making his first forays into contemporary music and composition. At th ...

, Lise Berthaud,

David Bismuth David Bismuth (born 10 January 1975) is a French classical pianist. Life Born in Nice of music-loving parents, he studied at the Conservatory of Nice with Anne Queffélec and Catherine Collard, then joined Brigitte Engerer's class at the Conse ...

, Johan Farjot, Arnaud Thorette and Antoine Pierlot. She is the founder and a member of the Smoking Josephine Quintet with Olivia Hughes, Marie Chilemme,

Hermine Horiot Hermine Horiot (born 14 May 1986) is a French cellist.. Life Born in Dijon, Horiot studied the cello from the age of six, which she continued at the age of fifteen at the Conservatoire de Paris. . She performs with the Orchestre National Bord ...

and Laurène Durantel. She works with composers such as

Karol Beffa Karol Beffa, born on in Paris, is a French and Swiss composer and pianist. Biography Beffa is the son of French-Swiss linguist and ethnologist Marie-Lise Beffa and French linguist , and the nephew of industrialist Jean-Louis Beffa. He studie ...

, who dedicated "Supplique" for solo violin to her,

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and

Philippe Hersant Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Selected works :: Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand. ;Stage * ''Le Château des Carpathes (opera), Le Châtea ...

, for whom she premiered "Nostalgia", a work for violin and choir.

Benjamin Attahir Benjamin Attahir (born 25 February 1989 in Toulouse) is a French composer, violinist and conductor. He studied at , at the under Édith Canat de Chizy and at the Conservatoire de Paris itself. He studied the violin under Ami Flammer. Attahir ...

also dedicated to her "Nachtspiel" for violin and orchestra. She performs in festivals in France - such as Strasbourg, Colmar, Prades, Les Serres d'Auteuil, the Midem in Cannes - and abroad - Kuhmo (Finland), MDR in Dresden, NDR in Hamburg, Mehta Foundation in Bombay... and in places like the

Philharmonie de Paris The Philharmonie de Paris () () is a complex of concert halls in Paris, France. The buildings also house exhibition spaces and rehearsal rooms. The main buildings are all located in the Parc de la Villette at the northeastern edge of Paris in the ...

La Seine Musicale La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Events La Seine Musicale was inaugurated on 22 April 2 ...

, the , the

Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a ...

, the

Salle Gaveau The Salle Gaveau, named after the French piano maker Gaveau, is a classical concert hall in Paris, located at 45-47 rue La Boétie, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It is particularly intended for chamber music. Construction The plans for t ...

, the , the

Arsenal de Metz The Arsenal Concert Hall is a cultural venue dedicated specially to classical and art music and located near the Esplanade garden in Metz, capital of the Lorraine region, France. The Arsenal is home to the Orchestre National de Lorraine and a ...

, the Opéra-Théâtre d'Avignon, the Métropole de Lausanne the

Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels The Centre for Fine Arts (, ; , ) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or by its initials PSK in Dutch. This multidisciplinary ...

, the Tapiola in Helsinki, the Palacio. As a teacher, Laurenceau is invited to the academies of Annecy and Dartington (England), where she performs alongside pianist

. She is also a professor and supervises the

master class ''Master Class'' is a 1995 play by American playwright Terrence McNally, presented as a fictional master class by opera singer Maria Callas near the end of her life, in the 1970s. The play features incidental vocal music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giac ...

es at the Philippe Jaroussky musical Academy. Laurenceau is President and

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

of the

Obernai Obernai (Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Owernah''; ) is Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly g ...

Chamber Music Festival, which she created in 2009.

Awards

Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...

for her CD dedicated to

Albéric Magnard Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard (; 9 June 1865 – 3 September 1914) was a French composer, somewhat influenced by César Franck and Vincent d'Indy. Magnard became a national hero in 1914 when he refused to surrender his property to German ...

(December 2015)

Discography

* ''Paris 1900'' with David Bismuth, piano * ''La symphonie des Oiseaux'' with Shani Diluka, les Chanteurs d'oiseaux * ''Rabl: Chamber Music'' with

Wenzel Fuchs Wenzel Maria Fuchs (born 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria) is an Austrian clarinetist. He studied clarinet at the Innsbruck Conservatory with Walter Kefer and at the Vienna Music Academy with Peter Schmidl. He has performed with the Vienna State Opera, ...

clarinet, Laurenceau violin, Laszlo Fenyö cello, Oliver Triendl piano * Albéric Magnard: ''Trio pour piano'', ''Sonate pour violon'' with Maximilien Horning (cello) and Olivier Triendl (piano). * Prokoviev's ''Concerto for violin n° 2'' with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by

(

Naïve Records Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, specializing in electronic music, pop music, jazz and classical music. Founding and expansion It was founded in 1998 by Patrick Zelnik, former CEO of Virgin France, Gilles Paire ...

). * Brahms' Sonatas, with Johan Farjot () / 5 diapason * Mozart's Quatuor et Quintette avec hautbois *

André Gedalge André Gedalge (27 December 1856 – 5 February 1926) was a French composer and teacher. Biography André Gedalge was born at 75 rue des Saints-Pères in Paris where he first worked as a bookseller and editor, specialising in ''livres de prix' ...

: Instrumental pieces and mélodies * Durosoir: musique pour violon et piano * Quintette by César Franck and Piano Quartet Op. 30 by Ernest Chausson, with the Musique Oblique Ensemble (Alphée, ffff Télérama, choc du Monde de la Musique) * G. Fauré's Piano Quartet and '' La Bonne Chanson'', with the ensemble Contraste and

Karine Deshayes Karine Deshayes (; born 25 January 1973) is a French mezzo-soprano. She is noted for her interpretations of bel canto roles (principally Rossini and Bellini). Biography Deshayes was born in Rueil-Malmaison. She studied musicology at the Sorbo ...

(Zig-zag Territoires). * ''Masques'', complete chamber music by Karol Beffa, with the ensemble Contrast (Triton). * ''Café 1930'', tangos by Piazzolla, Gardel... with the Ensemble Contraste (Zig-zag Territoires).

References

External links

Entretien with Geneviève Laurenceau

Discography
on

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Festival de Musique d'Obernai Official website

Les chanteurs d'oiseaux, Shani Diluka, Geneviève Laurenceau
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