Described as “beautiful to watch and breathtaking to hear” by the Guelph Mercury, violinist Bénédicte Lauzière leads a prolific career on the Canadian stage. She is concertmaster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, with which she regularly appears as soloist. Ms Lauzière is an avid chamber musician, her recent collaborations including Emanuel Ax , Mark Fewer, and members of the Penderecki String Quartet. As a recitalist, she enjoys a wonderful partnership with pianist Angela Park. She has won numerous prizes and awards including the Prix d’Europe 2014, the Michael-Measures Award 2011, the Peter Mendell Prize 2010 as well as a grant for professional musicians from the Canada Council for the Arts. Ms Lauzière was a laureate of the Stulberg International String Competition in 2010 and won several first prizes at the Canadian Music Competition. As a soloist, her recent performances include Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending (2025), Chausson’s Poème op. 25 (2023), Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto op. 35 in d major (2023), Barber’s Violin Concerto op.14 (2018), Beethoven’s Triple Concerto (2018) with pianist Stewart Goodyear and cellist John Helmers, Korngold’s Concerto op. 35 in d major (2016) and Ravel’s Tzigane (2016). She has been featured in leadership roles as guest concertmaster and soloist with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, as guest concertmaster of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Elora Festival, and as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Bénédicte obtained her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City in May 2014, where she studied with Masao Kawasaki with the support of the Karl H. Kraeuter, H. & E. Kivekas and Starr scholarships. She has performed both at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She completed a Bachelor of Music degree from the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in 2012, where she studied with Jonathan Crow as recipient of the Lloyd Carr-Harris scholarship.