Violinist, pedagogue, and conductor Florence Malgoire – born in Dugny, Parisian suburb, France on March 9, 1960 – is best known for founding baroque music ensembles Les Dominos and Les Nièces de Rameau. Born into a musical family – her father was oboist and conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire – she trained on the violin with her father and his ensemble La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy. She also studied baroque violin with Sigiswald Kuijken at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague in the Netherlands. Beginning in 1987, she collaborated with several baroque ensembles including Philippe Herreweghe’s La Chapelle Royale, Christophe Rousset’s Les Talens Lyriques, and William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants. In the mid-1990s, Florence Malgoire then co-founded the ensemble Les Nièces de Rameau with Alice Piérot, Marianne Muller and Aline Zylberajch. The ensemble released several albums including Leclair: Récréation de musique pour 2 violons et basse continue (1994) and Purcell: Trio Sonatas in Three and Four parts (1995). In 2003, Florence Malgoire founded the ensemble Les Dominos, which toured Europe and released albums such as Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonatas for Violin (2011), Couperin: Complete Sonatas (2012 ), Charpentier: Pour Un Reposoir (2013) and Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor (2014). In 2005, she collaborated with harpsichordist Blandine Rannou on the album Bach: Sonates pour Violon Obligé et Clavecin, BWV 1014-1019. Florence Malgoire began teaching ancient violin and chamber music in 2000 at the Conservatoire de Genève and the Schola Cantorum in Paris until her death. Florence Malgoire died of cancer on August 11, 2023, at the age of 63.
