Hailed for his “athletic and virtuoso playing” and “sensitive interpretations”, recorder player Vincent Lauzer leads an active career as a performer, artistic director, and teacher. He is Artistic Director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival in New Brunswick, Co-Artistic Director of Les Plaisirs du clavecin, Head of Youth Development with Arion Baroque Orchestra, and since November 2022, he has served as Co-Artistic Director of the Montreal Baroque Festival. In October 2018, his recording of Vivaldi’s concertos with Arion Baroque Orchestra was awarded a Diapason d’or by the renowned French magazine Diapason. In addition to several prizes in national and international competitions, he received the prestigious Fernand Lindsay Career Award in 2015. He was named “Révélation Radio-Canada” in 2013–2014 and “Discovery of the Year” at the 2012 Opus Awards. In 2012, he won First Prize at the Canadian Music Competition’s Stepping Stone and the Career Development Award from the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Vincent Lauzer is a member of Flûte Alors! and regularly performs as a soloist with Arion Baroque Orchestra, La Bande Montréal Baroque, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Les Violons du Roy. He has played in various series and festivals in Canada and the United States, as well as in Mexico, France, Germany, Spain and Belgium.
