Pascale Giguère

Pascale Giguère has been a member of Les Violons du Roy since 1995 and has held the position of co-solo violin since May 2000. As a soloist, she has performed with the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand
Montréal, Les Violons du Roy, the Laval Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens. She will be performing with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra in December 2006, under the direction of Yoav Talmi. For the past few seasons, she has been a guest soloist at the Domaine Forget International Festival and the Parry Sound Festival.

Pascale Giguère studied at the Montreal Conservatory of Music in the class of Raymond Dessaints and received first prizes in violin and chamber music from that institution. She has also won several important prizes, including First Prize at the Quebec Symphony Orchestra Competition and the prestigious Prix d’Europe in 1993. The latter enabled her to pursue her studies at Boston University with Roman Totenberg, Peter Zazovski, and the Muir Quartet.