Augustin Lusson belongs to the generation of young up-and-coming baroque musicians, whohas recently distinguished himself as one of the foremost violinists and ensemble leaders tohave recently appeared on the French scene. Augustin took up the violin to play pre-classicalrepertoire as well as both world and experimental music, while also learning sound engineering.

 

Augustin was awarded 2nd Prize at the Concours international de musique baroque deNormandie de la Chapelle Corneille and was laureate of the WDR3 HIF Biber competition in2016. At 18 years old, he was invited by Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande to tour with themand since has performed with ensembles such as Le Concert Spirituel (H. Niquet), Le Poème Harmonique (V. Dumestre), to name but a few. Augustin has recorded extensively for Flora, Sonan Ero, Alpha Classics, Erato and Maguelone, and has since set up his own label,Bathos Records and recorded a solo violin CD, Playback, with works by Baltzar, Roman, Guillemain and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Augustin Lusson is the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Beggar’s Ensemble, an ensemble whose main goal is to revive the English instrumental repertoire of the 18th century. In 2018, theensemble won First Prize at the Early music international competition in Utrecht. They recordedtwo CDs to great critical acclaim; the first one with works by Richard Jones (Diapason d'or, Coupde Coeur Classica ) and the second one dedicated to violin concertos by Jean-Marie Leclair.