Donna Fournier

Donna Fournier,
Viola da Gamba (week 2)
Early Music Summer Institute

Biography

Donna Fournier plays viola da gamba and baroque cello with Brandywine Baroque, Mélomanie, Bernardinia, La Fiocco, and The Sylvan Consort of Viols, and has been a guest artist with such groups as the Gamut Bach Ensemble, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, Opera Lafayette, Tempesta di Mare, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and The Philadelphia Classical Symphony. The Philadelphia Inquirer acclaimed her solo work as "poised, soulful ... [and] played with particular depth." Donna has recorded Buxtehude cantatas for PGM, Telemann trio sonatas for Lyrichord, Boismortier trio sonatas for A Casa Discos, Jaquet de La Guerre and Bousset cantatas for Plectra Music, and new music for baroque ensemble for Meyer-Music and Furious Artisans.