Florence Malgoire (9 March 1960 – 11 August 2023) was a French classical violinist, pedagogue and conductor.
In 2003, she founded "Les Dominos",[1] an ensemble with variable geometry, specialising in 17th and 18th century music, which performed in Naples, Beaune, Geneva, Lille, etc.
To deepen her sonata work, Malgoire co-founded Les Nièces de Rameau, an ensemble oriented towards the chamber music repertoire.
Alongside her solo career, Malgoire was interested in musical direction: after radio in French-speaking Switzerland, for which she was invited to conduct Jean-Philippe Rameau's motets at the Agapé Festival, she conducted Jean-Féry Rebel, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Bach, but also Mozart's Requiem and Heinrich Biber.
European specialist of the ancient violin, Malgoire intervened from Sablé to Tokyo while passing by the Royaumont Foundation, the Juilliard School of New York, and Rio de Janeiro.