Laurent Hacquard, a Parisian born into a family of music lovers and musicians, pursued his musical studies with Alain Protin and Claude Maisonneuve, before entering the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris, where he obtained in 1981 and 82 the First Prizes in oboe and chamber music, in the classes of Pierre Pierlot and Christian Lardé.
He was principal oboe of the Pasdeloup Orchestra from 1982 to 2001. He also held this position at the Comédie-Française. Concurrently, he was occasionally engaged within the major Parisian orchestras, notably the Radio-France Philharmonic Orchestra and the Paris Opera Orchestra.
As a soloist, he has been heard particularly in the concertos of Mozart, Cimarosa, and Bellini, at Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and as far as Indonesia.
He also performs in recital, with piano, harpsichord, organ, guitar, or harp.
In 1990, he participated in the founding of the Architecture and Music Ensemble of which he is now the artistic director. He is also the author of transcriptions intended for this ensemble.
He teaches at the Gabriel-Fauré and Maurice-Ravel Conservatories of the City of Paris.

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A Provençal by adoption, Françoise Dornier began her musical studies in Draguignan, before entering the Gabriel Fauré Conservatory in Paris, where she obtained the First Prize of Excellence in piano as well as the First Prize in organ from the City of Paris.
She won the First Prize in organ from the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music in Michel Chapuis’s class, before perfecting her skills with Marie-Claire Alain, in the international competition preparation cycle at the Paris National Regional Conservatory; she participated in master classes in Belgium with Jean Ferrard, Bernard Foccroulle, Joris Verdin, and Daniel Roth as well as in Holland with Bernard Bartelink and Pierre Cogen.
In 1994, she obtained the First Prize of the “César Franck” international competition, as well as the “Charles Tournemire” Interpretation Prize, in Haarlem (Netherlands).
Holder of proficiency certificates in organ and musical training, she taught musical training at the regional conservatories of Amiens then Rueil-Malmaison, and is today a professor of organ and chamber music at the Gabriel Fauré Conservatory in Paris.
Silver Medal recipient from the City of Paris, Françoise Dornier performs in France and abroad: Germany, England, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and has recorded a CD devoted to the French romantic organ.
She is the titular organist of the Cavaillé-Coll/Fossaert at the Pentemont Temple in Paris.