Geneviève Gilardeau, a native of Québec, studied violin at the Université de Montréal, the Conservatoire du Québec, and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. A member of Quebec City’s chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy from 1995-1998, Geneviève became a core member of Tafelmusik in 1999. In addition to being a regular member of the Aradia Baroque Ensemble, where she serves regularly as concertmistress, she also performs with the Toronto Consort and with Montreal-based ensembles, including Masques and Les voix humaines. Recent projects have included period-instrument performances of Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Eybler’s String Trio in G major with members of the Windermere String Quartet. In October 2008, she and her husband, lutenist Lucas Harris, will be guest directors for the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Vancouver. Geneviève has been featured as a soloist several times with Tafelmusik including concertos by Vivaldi (recorded on Analekta’s Baroque Feast) and Leclair (on CBC’s Mozart Noir).  She is forever grateful to her teachers Jean-François Rivest and Jeanne Lamon for their support and for having shared so generously their passion for baroque music.