Jeanne Charlotte Gautier was born in Asnières, France on September 18, 1898, the daughter of Charles Gautier and Eugénie Doublet. She started the violin at four, when she had her first lessons from Henri Berthelier. At the age of nine, she carried off the first prize in the “Concours international des Prodiges”. This prize was awarded by the unanimous opinion of the judges. In 1914, she obtained the first prize of the Paris Conservatory. At the Paris Conservatory, she attended orchestral classes conducted by Vincent D’Indy and Gabriel Pierne, whose trio she had often played with them. Ravel, took a great deal of interest in her work, with whom she worked before he died. At the same time she concentrated on the technical and historical sides of her art and her instrument, and rapidly acquired a considerable authority in these fields. Her first appearance was in Spain during the Great War, when she had a tremendous reception, and an exceptional ovation. Since 1915 she played in most European capitals and had given concerts: France, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Rumania, Greece, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, North America, Ireland and Holland. She heard Debussy playing at a concert for soldiers before he died. She recalled what he said about piano playing: “When one plays the piano one must forget that the notes have to be struck”. She introduced the Stravinsky Violin Concerto to Australian audiences in 1943, which she performed in Paris with composer himself. In 1938 she premiered his Concertino for solo violin and small orchestra in Paris under his direction. She was engaged to make a 12 week’s tour of Australia, beginning of September 11, 1939. When she was traveling to Australia the ship was taken over for war purposes. Consequently, she had to remain in Bombay until it was possible to come on later. She stayed after her arrival in Perth, Australia since the outbreak of war. She lived during World War II in Melbourne, where she taught at the University from 1942 to 1944. Gautier returned to Europe after end of war in June 1945, where her parents and two brothers had lived. She had no news for more than 5 years of them since 1939. She first arrived in England on board “the Mauretania” and went touring to South Africa to aid orphans of France. She recorded a large number of violin works for the French Radio “Radiodiffusion française” with Nadine Desouches, Lélia Gousseau and Claude Pascal. Gautier also formed the Trio de France in 1952 with the pianist Geneviève Joy (1919-2009) and the cellist André Levy (1894-1982). She taught at the Lyon conservatoire from 1952 to 1968. She was awarded the premier French decoration “Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” in 1963. Jeanne Gautier died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on January 6, 1974.