Laurence Equilbey

Laurence Equilbey (born 6 March 1962) is a French conductor, known for her work in the choral repertoire, and more recently as the founder and music director of the Insula Orchestra. She also founded the chamber choir Accentus in 1991, and has conducted commercial recordings for such labels as Naïve Records. In Vienna, she studied with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She also studied in Paris, London and Scandinavia, studying with Claudio Abbado, In 1995, she founded the Jeune Chœur de Paris, which in 2002 was incorporated as a department of the . She co-directs the programme with Geoffroy Jourdain.

In 2008, Equilbey was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In July 2021, Erato Records released their recording of her conducting Farrenc's Symphony nos. 1 and 3.

She made her debut leading the National Symphony Orchestra in October 2023, at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. She led both Insula and Accentus at the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Equilbey invented the "e-tuner", an electronic means of tuning quarter tones and 1/3 tones. Outside of conventional classical music, she is a collaborator in the Private Domain project, which has included work with Émilie Simon, Murcof, Para One, and Marc Collin of the band Nouvelle Vague.