Born in Montreal (Canada), organist Julie Pinsonneault is a member of the younger generation of organists. She received her musical training at several renowned institutions and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from McGill University (Montreal), where she studied under the tutelage of John Grew and Hans-Ola Ericsson. Julie Pinsonneault also completed a master's degree in musicology and organ at the Institut Supérieur des Arts de Toulouse (France) and at the Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen (organ), as well as with Yasuko Bouvard (harpsichord). She also holds a Bachelor's as well as a Master's in Church Music (Organ and Choir/Orchestra Conducting) from the Musikhochschule Freiburg.
In May 2011, she won the First Prize at the Lynnwood Farnam Organ Competition in Montreal. She is also the winner of a Special Prize at the Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition (Russia) in 2013.
Julie Pinsonneault was the recipient of the 2014 Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Scholarship offered by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. During the 2016–2017 year, she was the recipient of a scholarship to continue her studies at Yale University (USA), where she was able to perfect her skills in organ as well as church music. She taught the organ there as a second instrument at the Faculty of Music. In addition, she has served as organist and choir director at Berkeley Divinity School.
Julie Pinsonneault, “a revelation” according to La Presse critic Claude Gingras, regularly performs as a soloist in North America as well as Europe. Her career as a concert organist has allowed her to play at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal (Canada), the Basilique St-Sernin de Toulouse (France), the Église de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (France), the Oratoire Saint Joseph de Montréal (Canada), the Cathédrale de Limoges (France), Toulouse les Orgues Organ Festival 2015, Woolsey Hall (U.S.A.), the Faculty of Music at Harvard University (USA), the Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec (Canada), as well as with the Philharmonic Orchestra Freiburg (2023).
Julie Pinsonneault now lives in Germany, where she is titular organist at the Universitätskirche of Freiburg-im-Breisgau. She is also active as an accompanist, chamber musician, choir and orchestra conductor. She notably contributed to the direction of several projects in Freiburg-im-Breisgau such as Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio, as well as Haydn's Seasons.
Julie Pinsonneault is the director and founder of Ensemble Messiaen in Freiburg. She is represented by Seven Eight Artists.
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