Pauline Leblond

Trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, Pauline Leblond is a musician from Normandy. She studied classical and jazz trumpet at the “Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional” in Nantes for nearly ten years until obtaining her D.E.M (Diploma of Musical Studies). Pauline Leblond became interested in classical music writing, harmony, chamber and orchestral music as well as jazz music, which became her specialty. In her curriculum, she was also taught dance and studied art history and archaeology.
She entered the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2011 in the jazz section, then the  Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel  where she graduated with a Master degree in Jazz Trumpet in 2016. She also took an interest in teaching music and obtained her “Agrégation” (Belgian didactic degree) in 2017. Pauline currently teaches rhythm classes as well as she gives workshops aside from her international jazz musician career.

Pauline took part in various projects with diverse music styles in Nantes (from South American music, to Breton music, amplified music, classical music, as a soloist, in chamber music, in orchestra, ...).
Now based in Belgium, she has performed in several musicals such as “Cabaret”, “The Sound of Music”, “Evita” or “Sunset Boulevard” as well as with “Les Baladins du Miroir” and on other theater shows. Today Pauline mainly plays in Europe with very diverse ensembles.

As a leader :
Duo with Fabian Fiorini,
Duo with Cédric Raymond,
Orion : Trio with Alexandre Tripodi and Boris Schmidt,
Pauline Leblond Trio,
Pauline Leblond Double Quartet, in which she composes and arranges.

As a sidewoman :
Reverent Juke, Life's a Joke and other jazz bands in the style of the 20s - 40s,
Bluesy Mary,
Fil Caporali Quintet,
And in large ensembles or big bands such as ;
Flat Earth Society Orchestra, original music by Peter Vermeersch,
Umlaut Big Band, Paris based big band directed by Pierre-Antoine Badaroux,
Juke Records Big Band, directed by Timothé le Maire,
Sheikhs Shikhats & B'net Chaabi by Laïla Amezian,
Jazz Station Big Band, directed by Stéphane Mercier,
Big Nowhere, a multi-disciplinary and multinational big band, based on James Elroy's novel,
Dinant Jazz Orchestra...