Louis Pernot was born on 20 November 1959 in Paris. He is a pastor and theologian of the Église protestante unie de France, and a lutenist specialising in the French baroque. In 1988 he was pastor at the Reformed temple of Évreux; in 1991 he joined the Protestant temple de l’Étoile in Paris. He studied Renaissance lute with Kleber Besson before devoting himself to the baroque lute and the theorbo. In 1982 he met Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, whose disciple he remained until the latter’s death.

In 1988 Accord (Musidisc) had him record a CD devoted to the French lutenist François Dufaut. In 1989 he made the first world recording of the complete Rhétorique des Dieux by Denis Gautier. He recorded a CD for the American label Rerusa devoted to the Livre de Perrine of the Gaultiers. He was one of the first to use all-gut stringing on his instrument. In 2011 he published a book on the Lord’s Prayer with Éditions de Paris.

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• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pernot
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3262863