L'Escadron Volant de la Reine
Biographie L'Escadron Volant de la Reine
L’Escadron Volant de la Reine
the Queen’s Flying Squa- dron refers to the ladies-in-waiting recruited by Cathe- rine de Médicis. ey were charged with the task of pacifying human relations with various European courts by the means of conversation and by their very presence. This un-hierarchical formation embodied both precision and fantasy, qualities the ensemble’s musician lovingly apply to their musical endeavors.
Created by Antoine Touche, l’Escadron Volant de la Reine gathers together young professional musicians, fond of Baroque music. All former students from European superior conservatoires, they are linked by a deep friendship and it’s very naturally that they came together in January 2012. The ensemble performed in various festivals : un Automne à Limur (Vannes), Festival de Pâques (Deauville), les Jeudis Musicaux de la Chapelle Royale (Versailles), Festival de Ribeauvillé, Amuz (Anvers).
L’Escadron Volant de la Reine won the first prize and the audience prize at the first international early music competition in Loire Valley 2015 (France, presided by William Christie). They also are laureates of Anvers Inter- national Young Artists Presentation 2013 (Belgium). L’Escadron is in residence at the Singer-Polignac fondation since 2012
Eugénie Lefebvre
Laureate at the 2013 Froville baroque singing competition, Eugénie studied at the Centre de Musique Baroque of Versailles and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Her production appearances have included Castor et Pollux by Rameau, Médée by Charpentier, Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Lully, Les
Fêtes Vénitiennes by Campra, Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck, Don Giovanni by Mozart, Le Couronnement de Poppée by Monteverdi (Néron), Actéon by Charpentier (Aréthuse), Le Pouvoir de l’Amour by Pancrace Royer (Imagination/ Hersilie), Les Amants Magni ques by Lully (Caliste), La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers by Charpentier (Aréthuse), Cadmus et Hermione by Lully (Hymen), Les plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier (La Conversation).
She performs in concert with le Concert d’Astrée (E. Haïm), les Arts Florissants (W. Christie), l’ensemble Pygmalion (R. Pichon), the ensemble Correspondances (S. Daucé), the ensemble la Rêveuse (B. Perrot), the ensemble Sagittarius (M. Laplénie), Les Symphonistes (O. Schneebeli), Le Poême Harmonique (V. Dumestre) and the Académie für Alte music of Berlin.
In 2016 she will release three recordings as a soloist with the ensembles Le Vertigo, les Surprises and l’Escadron Volant de la Reine.
