Jeanne Maugrenier

Jeanne Maugrenier began playing the French horn at the age of 6 at the Conservatoire in Nevers. She continued her musical studies at the Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt, before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon, where she obtained her master’s degree in 2021.

Over the years, she has benefited from the advice of teachers such as David Guerrier, Benoit de Barsony, Antoine Dreyfus, Hugues Viallon, Jean Pincemin, Jérôme Rouillard and also Thomas Hauschild and Bernard Krug during her Erasmus stay in Leipzig.

Alongside her studies, she has performed in numerous concerts with the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, the Jeune Orchestre Européen Hector Berlioz (on period instruments), the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. She is an Academician of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande for the 2021-2022 season. Since then, she has appeared regularly with various orchestras, including the Orchestre national de France, the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre national d’Ile de France, the Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, with whom she took part in the premiere of Alexander Raskatov’s GerMANIA in 2018.

Conducted by Simon Rattle and Charles Dutoit, among others, she has long performed the symphonic repertoire. She has also explored works by contemporary composers such as Gilbert Amy, George Crumb, Peter Eötvös and Matthias Pintscher.

In 2022, she joined the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris under Gustavo Dudamel, before becoming soloist with the Ensemble intercontemporain in June 2024.