Le Gendre was born and brought up in Trinidad and Tobago and her involvement in music began from an early age, playing the guitar for her local church choir from age 10. Le Gendre's
Bird of Night was her first full-length opera which premiered at
Linbury Studio Theatre, London. She has composed music for theatre, dance, art installations, film, television and radio drama for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. She has composed and produced music for all 38 Shakespeare plays recorded for the audio CD collection,
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, directed by
Clive Brill. In 2018 Le Gendre composed and directed music for the critically acclaimed Production of
Richard II at Shakespeare's Globe. She has composed music for many films like
Dreams in Transit,
Sixth Happiness,
The Body of a Poet,
I Is a long Memoried Woman,
The Healer,
Runaway Bay, and others. == References ==