Marie Cécile Bertheau

Pianist

Marie Cécile Bertheau began her piano studies in Nancy and later studied with Carlos Roque-Alsina at the National Conservatoire in Lyon, gaining a Premier Prix. She then spent a further two years at the Royal Northern College of Manchester studying with Renna Kellaway and gained a Diploma of Music. Since then, she has appeared in numerous festivals including Roque d'Anthéron, St Jean-de-Luz and Royaumont, where she was repetiteur for Cosi fan tutte.

From 1993 to 1996 she was engaged as voice coach at the Lyon Opera School, then from 1996 as repetiteur at the Opéra de Lausanne, where she has worked with such conductors as Jonathan Darlington, Evelino Pido, Armin Jordan, Corrado Rovaris, Jane Glover and Claude Schnitzler. For the past three years she has also taught the young singers' class at the Conservatoire de Lausanne.