Lionel Meunier – born May 12, 1981 in Clamecy, France – is the bass voice and director of the early music vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, a group he co-founded in 2004. In his early years, Meunier studied trumpet, recorder, and flute at the Clamecy Conservatory. He continued his studies at the Institut supérieur de musique et de pédagogie in Namur. After graduating, he began to focus on his vocal career, studying at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague. As bass, he performed with a large number of European orchestras until he co-founded vocal ensemble Vox Luminis with Francis Penning in 2004. They released a series of albums including 2007’s Stabat Mater, Sacræ Cantiones (2010), and Musicalische Exequien (2011), which won a Gramophone Award. The following year, Meunier received the honor of Namur Resident Of The Year from the city where he resides. Vox Luminis has continued to release a series of critically successful albums including King Arthur (2018), Bach Kantaten (2019), and Orphée Aux Enfers (2020).
