Bénédicte Lauzière | Violin

Described as “beautiful to watch and breathtaking to hear” by the Guelph Mercury, violinist Bénédicte Lauzière is concertmaster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, with which she regularly appears as soloist. An avid chamber musician, her recent collaborations include Emanuel Ax and members of the Penderecki String Quartet. As a recitalist, she enjoys a wonderful partnership with pianist Angela Park. She has won the Prix d’Europe 2014, the Michael-Measures Award 2011, and the Peter Mendell Prize 2010. Ms Lauzière was a laureate of the Stulberg International String Competition in 2010. She has been featured as guest concertmaster and soloist with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, as guest concertmaster with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the Elora Festival, and as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Bénédicte obtained her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in May 2014, where she studied with Masao Kawasaki with the support of the Karl H. Kraeuter, H. & E. Kivekas and Starr scholarships. She has performed both at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She completed a Bachelor of Music degree from the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in 2012, where she studied with Jonathan Crow as recipient of the Lloyd Carr-Harris scholarship.