Fabienne Gauchet trained at the Newark School of Violin Making from where she graduated successfully in 1998. She continued her training through apprenticeships, mainly in France, her birth country. Established in Canada since 2000, she worked at Wilder & Davis luthiers for fifteen years. There, she had the opportunity to work on fine instruments and to meet many talented musicians. Enriched by these experiences, she now devotes her time working on new instruments of her own. Constantly seeking to expand her knowledge she has been participating to the New York Contemporary Violin Makers Exhibition, the Forum des Fabricants in Canada, the Oberlin Violin Making Workshop and international violin making competitions. Fabienne is a founding member of The Maker Forum (Canadian Association of Violin and Bow Makers) and of Collectif Lutherie Montreal, an independent makers workshop. Fabienne was finalist with honorable mention at the 15th and 16th International Triennale Violin making competition in 2018 and 2021. She received several certificates of merit for sound and artisanship at the VSA Competition, a double gold medal for violin in 2022, a silver medal for violin tone and a double gold medal for her quartet in 2024.