Lucienne Renaudin Vary (c) Simon Fowler (2)

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Lucienne Renaudin Vary

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“Lucienne Renaudin Vary stands out because of her exceptional virtuosity and her amazing maturity”
(Victoires de la Musique Classique 2013)

Winner of the ‘Révélation’ category of the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2016, French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary was born in 1999 and studied classical trumpet with Philippe Lafitte at the Conservatoire du Mans. She then entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris in 2014. Having just signed a recording contract with Warner, Lucienne releases her first album in autumn 2017.

At the age of 11, Lucienne won the Concours Selmer-Le Parnasse and the Third Prize of the Concours Européen des Jeunes Trompettistes d’Alençon in the 14 – 17 years old category. She has since been awarded first prizes at each competition she has participated in — Concours des Rencontres Internationales des Cuivres in Belgium, Concours des Clés d’Or in Paris and Concours des Jeunes Artistes ‘Maurice André’ in Alès.

In her native France, Lucienne has appeared at Salle Gaveau, Annecy Classic Festival, Salon Musicora, Festival Classique au Vert, Les Grandes Heures de Cluny, Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims (filmed by Medici), Un Violon sur le Sable, Colmar fête le Printemps,Antibes Génération Virtuoses, Festival de l’Epau and with Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne. In 2015/16 Lucienne performed at the closing concerts of La Folle Journée in Nantes with the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, broadcast live on ARTE. During the 2016/17 season Lucienne will perform programmes based on her new album release in Paris, Nantes, Limoges and Lille.

Further afield Lucienne has performed at the Festival Spivakov in Moscow, concerts in Ankara, Rheingau Musik Festival and in Finland she played Sørensen’s Trumpet Concerto under Moshe Atzmon. She appeared on the Stars von Morgen show (ARTE/ZDF) presented by Rolando Villazon, in Berlin, and in summer 2016, she made her debut with the London Chamber Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy, performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 for piano and trumpet with Daniel Kharitonov in Turkey. She will play again with the orchestra for her London debut in May 2017. Other highlights of the 2016/17 season include concerts at the Cartagena International Music Festival in Colombia with Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth, her German orchestral debut in Munich and a performance of Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto with Junge Philharmonie Frankfurt RheinMain.

Next season sees a number of notable debuts including her North American orchestral debut with Les Violons du Roy in Montreal and an appearance at the Marvão International Music Festival (Christoph Poppen).

Lucienne Renaudin Vary records Rossini's La Danza for Trumpet & Orchestra © WarnerClassics

Lucienne Renaudin Vary: Shostakovich – Adios Granada with Bertrand Chamayou © Les Films Jack Fébus - Mezzo

Lucienne Renaudin Vary records Hammerstein My Favourite Things for trumpet © WarnerClassics

Lucienne Renaudin-Vary on La Folle Journée in Nantes with Dmitri Liss & Ural Orchestra © ARTE TV

Lucienne Renaudin-Vary - Stars of tomorrow © Arte TV

“[Lucienne] exhibited her masterful technique in the smoothly delivered trills and arpeggios – barely a hint of flutter, each note confidently placed. With the Hummel concerto, Renaudin Vary hit her stride – confident entries, velvety intonation and smooth transitions at all points of the dynamic range.”

(Concerto Net, Earl Arthur Love, May 2018)

“At the age of just 19, she plays with remarkable assurance and a beautiful depth of tone.”

(Rohan Shotton, Bachtrack, February 2018)

“Lucienne’s animation – often seeming to almost dance along with the liveliest parts of the concerto – was perhaps a product of her youth, while her confidence and expressive interpretation certainly belied it.”

(Cambridgenews, June 2017)

“She has an incredible talent, she is small, but when she comes on stage, the stage is completely filled. Classical and Jazz – she can have the cake and eat it too.”

(Weingarten Musiktage, September 2016)

“Wunderkid, Lucienne Renaudin Vary stands out because of her exceptional virtuosity and her amazing maturity. Playing together with the most famous French trumpet players in many festivals, this trumpet player makes a huge impression with her easy-going way of playing and the natural projection of her sonority.”

(Booklet of Victoires de la Musique Classique 2013)