Judith Pacquier

A devotee of early 17th century Italian music, she studied recorder, analysis and history of music, and intensively began to devote herself to playing her favourite instrument, the cornett. Judith studied at CNSMD Lyon (National Music Conservatory in Lyon) with William Dongois and Jean-Pierre Canihac, from which she also received a DNESM degree in 2001.
Judith Pacquier is a renowned concert virtuoso who has collaborated with many ensembles, with which she regularly performs and participates in their discography: Elyma (G. Garrido), Doulce Mémoire (DR Dadre), le Poéme Harmonique (V. Dumestre), La Chapelle Rhénane (B. Haller), Accentus (L. Equilbey), Artaserse (P. Jarousski), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (T. Koopman), Göteborg Baroque (M.Kellson), Concerto Copenhagen (L. U. Mortensen), Le Concert d'Astrée (E. Ha?m), Ludus musicus (B. Boterf), Ars Longa (T. Paz), Weser Renaissance (M. Cordes). She played under the baton of Franz Brüggen Nikolaus Harnoncourt, among many others.
Judith has been enthusiastically involved in lecturing and transfer of experience, and coordinated the innovative project "Conservatoire Itinérant" (Travelling Conservatory) as part of the Chemins du Baroque project in the New World project (A. Pacquier, L. Lissot) between 2000 and 2013. Surrounded by a diverse pedagogical team, she was able to contribute to the development and practical spread of early music, not only across Latin America but also beyond its borders, such as in Cuba, Paraguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. In this way hundreds of young musicians have had the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the music of the early Italian Baroque, and the music of the Latin American Baroque. Based on this experience, she is regularly invited to all corners of Europe to hold masterclasses in cornett playing, improvisation, and ensemble music (Tours, Utrecht, Warsaw, Prague, Hoff, Lier).
She leads the ensemble Traversées Baroques, which in 2008 she co-founded with Etienne Meyer, the current Conductor of the ensemble. The Traversées Baroques ensemble, currently bearing the name "Ensemble baroque régional associé" (Associated Regional Baroque Ensemble) performs in the Opéra de Dijon (Dijon Opera). The ensemble focuses on the repertoire of European music of the early 17th century (Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic). Traversées Baroques represents a unifying and innovative project on the European scale of the 21st century, not only through its concerts, and recordings of lesser-known opera pieces, but also by organizing educational workshops for the general public.