Biography
Lucienne Renaudin Vary first drew notice as a trumpet prodigy after delivering high-profile recitals in leading French halls throughout her teenage years and issuing her initial major-label album at eighteen. Competition triumphs accumulated rapidly while she was still in primary school. Both her formal studies and her Warner Classics catalog are distinguished by an unusual fusion of classical repertoire with jazz and pop selections, a breadth illustrated by the 2024 release Jardins d'Hiver.
She entered the world on January 28, 1999, in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France. Early facility with the instrument led her to the Conservatory of Le Mans in 2007, where Philippe Lafitte guided her classical technique and Santiago Quintans introduced her to jazz. At the Conservatoire de Paris she first enrolled for classical trumpet study with Clément Garrec; in 2017 she expanded her program to encompass jazz and improvisation as well.
Her record of contest success opened in 2010 with first prize at the Selmer Le Parnasse event. That November she earned third place at the European Competition for Young Trumpet Players, although the rules targeted musicians aged fourteen to seventeen and she was only eleven. Festival engagements began in 2012 at Eurochestries and Annecy. The following year she appeared on French television in a tribute to Maurice André and made her recording debut on an album by Guy Touvron, performing a Benedetto Marcello work and joining him in two-trumpet concertos by Saverio Mercadante and G.F. Handel. By 2014 her calendar included dates in Colmar, Antibes, and Royan, the last featuring a duet with Alison Balsom; she also gave her first substantial jazz concert that year at Le Mans during Nuit de chimères. Since then her schedule has remained roughly balanced between classical and jazz settings.
In 2016 she received the Victoire de la musique classique in the Instrumental Soloist Revelation category. A guest soloist appearance at the 2017 Cartagena Music Festival in Colombia made her the youngest artist ever to hold that role and marked her first performances in the Americas.
Warner Classics signed her in 2016, and her solo debut, The Voice of the Trumpet, appeared the next year; the program mingled lesser-known classical pieces with jazz arrangements of Broadway songs. The 2019-2020 season brought performances with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and a tour of Japan and Southeast Asia. She has since collaborated regularly with orchestras such as the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while also working with jazz musicians. In 2018 she opened for Wynton Marsalis at the Jazz in Marciac Festival and continues to perform in late-night club settings.
The classical-pop album Mademoiselle in New York followed in 2019, succeeded in 2021 by Piazzolla Stories, devoted to the tango master and composers who shaped his style. Trumpet Concertos appeared in 2022, pairing Haydn and Hummel standards with lesser-known works. In 2024 she released the orchestral recital Jardins d'Hiver, issued in English as Winter Gardens.
She entered the world on January 28, 1999, in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France. Early facility with the instrument led her to the Conservatory of Le Mans in 2007, where Philippe Lafitte guided her classical technique and Santiago Quintans introduced her to jazz. At the Conservatoire de Paris she first enrolled for classical trumpet study with Clément Garrec; in 2017 she expanded her program to encompass jazz and improvisation as well.
Her record of contest success opened in 2010 with first prize at the Selmer Le Parnasse event. That November she earned third place at the European Competition for Young Trumpet Players, although the rules targeted musicians aged fourteen to seventeen and she was only eleven. Festival engagements began in 2012 at Eurochestries and Annecy. The following year she appeared on French television in a tribute to Maurice André and made her recording debut on an album by Guy Touvron, performing a Benedetto Marcello work and joining him in two-trumpet concertos by Saverio Mercadante and G.F. Handel. By 2014 her calendar included dates in Colmar, Antibes, and Royan, the last featuring a duet with Alison Balsom; she also gave her first substantial jazz concert that year at Le Mans during Nuit de chimères. Since then her schedule has remained roughly balanced between classical and jazz settings.
In 2016 she received the Victoire de la musique classique in the Instrumental Soloist Revelation category. A guest soloist appearance at the 2017 Cartagena Music Festival in Colombia made her the youngest artist ever to hold that role and marked her first performances in the Americas.
Warner Classics signed her in 2016, and her solo debut, The Voice of the Trumpet, appeared the next year; the program mingled lesser-known classical pieces with jazz arrangements of Broadway songs. The 2019-2020 season brought performances with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and a tour of Japan and Southeast Asia. She has since collaborated regularly with orchestras such as the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while also working with jazz musicians. In 2018 she opened for Wynton Marsalis at the Jazz in Marciac Festival and continues to perform in late-night club settings.
The classical-pop album Mademoiselle in New York followed in 2019, succeeded in 2021 by Piazzolla Stories, devoted to the tango master and composers who shaped his style. Trumpet Concertos appeared in 2022, pairing Haydn and Hummel standards with lesser-known works. In 2024 she released the orchestral recital Jardins d'Hiver, issued in English as Winter Gardens.
Albums
The Trumpet Fairy
2025
Winter Gardens
2024
Merry Christmas
2023
Trumpet Concertos
2022
Piazzolla Stories
2021
Mademoiselle in New York
2019
The Voice of the Trumpet
2017
Singles
