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

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Biography

Born in

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

Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor. Early life Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy. Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory. ...

within

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy is a French musical ensemble, based in Tourcoing, France, that performs using period instruments. The group was founded in 1966 by Jean-Claude Malgoire and led by him until his death in April of 2018. Alexis Ko ...

and of her teacher

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with

La Petite Bande La Petite Bande is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in music of the Baroque and Classical eras played on period instruments. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by Corelli, Rameau, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Hi ...

. Since 1987, she held solo violin positions in baroque ensembles such as

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

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; ; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of ...

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s at the Agapé Festival, she conducted

Jean-Féry Rebel Jean-Féry Rebel (18 April 1666 – 2 January 1747) was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist. Biography Rebel, a child violin prodigy, was the most famous offspring of Jean Rebel, a tenor in Louis XIV's private chapel. He late ...

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'' ''H.146, Marche en rondeau''. This theme is st ...

and Bach, but also Mozart's ''

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'' and

Heinrich Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber correctly ''Biber von Bibern'' ( 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 hi ...

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

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

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 The Schola Cantorum de Paris ( being ) is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History The Schola ...

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'' -

, 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 mus ...

Arion Arion (; ) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his mu ...

) * 1991: Clérambault, ''Cantates profanes'' - Isabelle Poulenard, soprano; Gilles Ragon, tenor; Ensemble Amalia: Philippe Allain-Dupré, flute; Florence Malgoire, violin; Marianne Müller, viol; Aline Zylberajch, 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 Le Claire, LeClair, LeClaire or Leclair is a French language, French or Francophone surname which can refer to: * Antoine Le Claire (1797–1861), U.S. Army interpreter, founded Davenport, Iowa * Corinne Leclair (born 1970), Mauritian swimmer * Day ...

, ''Récréation de musique pour 2 violons et Basse continue'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (Disques Pierre Vérany) * 1995:

Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's ...

, ''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: CPE Bach, ''Sonates en trio, Sanguineus et Melancholicus'' - ''Les Nièces de Rameau'' (21–25 October 2002,

Zig-Zag Territoires A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular. In geometry, this pattern is described as a ...

) * 2005:

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

, ''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 func ...

) * 2011: Biber's

Rosary Sonatas The ''Rosary Sonatas'' (''Rosenkranzsonaten'', also known as the ''Mystery Sonatas'' or ''Copper-Engraving Sonatas'') by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber are a collection of 15 short sonatas for violin and continuo, with a final passacaglia for solo ...

- Ensemble ''Les Dominos'': Guido Balestracci,

viol The viola da gamba (), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played (i.e. "on the leg"). It is distinct from the later violin family, violin, or ; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bow (m ...

, lyrone; Angélique Mauillon, harp; Jonathan Rubin, theorbo,

Baroque guitar The Baroque guitar (–1750) is a string instrument with five Course (music), courses of gut strings and moveable gut frets. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes used only a single string. History The Baroque guitar replaced the lute as ...

; Richard Myron,

violone The term violone (; literally 'large viol', being the augmentative suffix) can refer to several distinct large, bowed musical instruments which belong to either the viol or violin family. The violone is sometimes a fretted instrument, and may ...

; 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 Harmonia Mundi is a record label that specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group, which is itself owned by Universal M ...

) * 2012:

Couperin The Couperin family was a musical dynasty of professional composers and performers. They were the most prolific family in French musical history, active during the Baroque era (17th—18th centuries). Louis Couperin and his nephew, François Coup ...

, 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 Bass violin is the modern term for various 16th- and 17th-century bass instruments of the violin (i.e. '' viola da braccio'') family. They were the direct ancestor of the modern cello. Bass violins were usually somewhat larger than the modern ce ...

; Cyril Poulet, cello; Evolène Kiener,

bassoon The bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuosity ...

; 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 classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

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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