Geneviève Gilardeau has been a core member of Tafelmusik since 1999 and has been featured as a soloist several times with the group (in recordings of concertos by Vivaldi on Analekta and Leclair, on CBC’s Mozart Noir). She was introduced to baroque performance practice by the violinist and conductor Jean-François Rivest, at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec à Chicoutimi and at the Université de Montréal, where she obtained her Master's degree. A core member of Les Violons du Roy from 1995 to 1998, she commuted during those years from Quebec City to Toronto in order to study baroque violin with Jeanne Lamon at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory. In addition to being a regular member of the Aradia Baroque Ensemble, where she often serves as concertmistress, she also performs with the Toronto Consort and with Montreal-based ensembles, including Masques and Les voix humaines. With her husband, lutenist Lucas Harris, she recently launched the summer concert series Beaches Baroque (beachesbaroque.ca) on Queen Street East.