Violinist Lucie Robert has received enthusiastic praise from audiences and critics alike for the expressive lyricism and tonal beauty of her playing. A graduate of the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal, Ms. Robert subsequently studied with the legendary Josef Gingold at Indiana University, serving as his teaching assistant.
Ms. Robert has appeared as recitalist and chamber musician throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Far East in major music centers including New York, London, Chicago, Washington D.C., Vienna, Seoul, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. She has performed over thirty different works as violin soloist with orchestras such as the Montreal Symphony under Charles Dutoit, the Mexico City Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony. As a recording artist, she has performed for National Public Radio, the CBC Radio Network, Radio Canada, and Radio France, and received critical acclaim for her recording of violin sonatas by Faure and Saint-Saens. An active participant in the summer music festival scene, Ms. Robert has been guest artist or faculty member at festivals such as Bowdoin, the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, Musicorda, Meadowmount, Orford, and Waterloo. She is currently on the faculties of the Texas Music Festival at the Moores School of Music and the Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy.
Highly sought after as a violin pedagogue, Ms. Robert serves as violin professor at the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She has given master classes throughout the world at prestigious institutions such as the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Oberlin Conservatory, the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal. Her students have won prizes in major competitions including the Indianapolis International Violin Competition, Young Concert Artists Auditions, Paganini International Violin Competition, Sendai International Violin Competition and the China International Violin Competition. In addition, her students currently occupy positions in orchestras throughout the world, and have been appointed to teaching positions at schools such as Seoul National University. Ms. Robert has served as an adjudicator for several competitions including the Montreal International Violin Competition.
