Teaching languages – German, English, Frensh, Spanish

She has performed in the Tonhalle Zürich, Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus Berlin, Carnegie Hall New York, the Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the KKL in Luzern or the Victoria Hall in Geneva amongst others, and has worked with orchestras such as the Scottish National Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Yuri Bashmet and the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR), the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, the Bochumer Symphonikern the Sinfonieorchester Biel/Bienne, the Nordwestdeutsche Sinfonieta, the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, the Orchestre de chambre de Genève and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of the Polish radio. She has appeared in the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele, the Cello Unwrapped festival in London, the Settimane musicali of Ascona, the Festival Musica-Musika in Bilbao, the Tannay Festival by Lake Geneva, the MDR Musiksommer, among others.

Nadège Rochat is also a keen chamber musician. Her piano and chamber music partners include Francesco Piemontesi, Ilya Gringolts, Bruno Giuranna, Judith Jauregui, Charles-Richard Hamelin, the Fine Arts Quartet, the Girard Quartet, Esther Hoppe, François-Xavier Poizat, Erdem Misirlioglu, Natalia Ehwald, and she collaborates with harpsichordist Anthony Romaniuk in Baroque repertoire.

“I am infinitely grateful for the wonderful teaching I have received, and my cello teachers have been much more to me than music mentors, as, for me, playing the cello is indissociable from living life, each one learning from the other. This is why I am especially excited to welcome you in a this unique masterclass format, in which one explores not only the art of playing the cello, but also of breathing, and of connecting with the present moment and the others – the public, in an authentic, healthy and natural way. All experts accompanying the students (and teachers!) with Yoga, Taiji and Meditation, are at the top of their field, and the Villa Fangini in Asolo will provide an ideal, peaceful setting for this one-of-a-kind gathering.

During this masterclass, I will also give insights about how to overcome performance anxiety, and look forward to discussions about the role of musicianship in today’s world, what the post-Covid-19 music scene might look like and what professional musicians can do to take their career and happiness into their own hands.”