A master degree graduate cum laude of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, violinist Anaïs Saucier-Lafond studied for 18 years in the Conservatoire network with Jean-Sébastien Roy, Anne Robert and Julie Cossette. She also studied with Denis Brott, Véronique Lacroix, Marianne Dugal and Alexander Read. During her studies, she served as Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, and as music librarian.

Anaïs is currently 4th chair of the first violin section of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. She is also a member of the 2024-2026 cohort of Les Violons du Roy’s Émergence mentoring program. A recipient of the Prix de la Fondation de l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Prix de la Fondation des Violons du Roy, Anaïs has appeared as a soloist with both orchestras. She has also received numerous excellence bursaries, including the Sandra and Alain Bouchard prestige bursary, the Monique-Barry prestige bursary and the MusiquAvenir Véronique Lacroix excellence bursary from the Fondation du Conservatoire. Anaïs has been a critically acclaimed solo violinist with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra in Germany, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and Andris Poga in 2021, 2022 and 2024. She notably performed Stravinsky’s Pulcinella to a packed ElbPhilharmonie in Hamburg.

Anaïs plays a Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi violin, built in Milana and dated 1760, with an Emmanuel Bégin bow and a Matthew Coltman baroque bow, courtesy of Canimex Inc. of Drummondville, Quebec.