NATHALIE MANSER > virtuoso cello player, has been brought up since her early childhood in the world of classical music. After having obtained a "1er Prix de Virtuosité with Jury's congratulations and the highest diploma of the State Musical Academy of Lausanne, the "Concert Licence" (studying under Philippe Mermoud), she had the opportunity to play with several orchestras in the French part of Switzerland and has continued her musical education by following Master Classes in Germany (Freiburg).

As it appears > the rigidity of classical music could hardly offer her any room for personal creation or interpretation. For this reason, NATHALIE MANSER moved away from classical music in order to create her own musical compositions and adaptations with the cello.

Thanks > to her knowledge and mastery of the instrument, she has been able to produce her own personal and sensual music issuing from "World Music" and "Meditative" trends.

NATHALIE MANSER's > great and magical encounter with DAVID RICHARDS, the famous and talented sound engineer/producer, himself director of the MOUNTAIN STUDIOS in Montreux on Lake Geneva ( where QUEEN, FREDDIE MERCURY, MICHAEL JACKSON, DAVID BOWIE and others have realised their productions), has given the opportunity to affirm her creational ability and to realise a number of musical pieces rich in emotion and poetry.

The recent > collaboration of Nathalie Manser with Messrs. Michel Roudnitska and Jacques Morard enabled her to extend her musical world to a much vaster show presentation :

Michel Roudnitska > French perfumer and producer (Grasse, France) allowed Nathalie Manser to conceive a new multi-sensorial show, consisting of a combination of fragrances and images accompanying her music. This was the beginning of a joint production, "World Scents" which invites the public to an olfactive and sensorial voyage around the world, made of emotions, dreams and poetry.

Jacques Morard > of the company "J'imagine Evénements et Spectacles" gave Nathalie Manser the opportunity to join her world of music to a show of water and fireworks that, combined together, makes a wonderful visual and enchanting scene.

At the beginning > of this new century, NATHALIE MANSER's talent has the potential to place her among the greatest musical artists.

 

Studying at the Conservatoire de Musique Lausanne

I absolutely loved studying at the “Conservatoire de Lausanne” in the class of Philippe Mermoud. Apart from teaching me the technique and the compulsory discipline associated with the mastery of playing the cello, Philippe has brought with him his humanistic approach of the instrument and he taught me how to express and interpret the major classical works of the repertory.

He has been my Cello Father and I keep calling on him to present him the music I have composed. As I am very critical of my work and a perfectionist, I have a feeling I shall never cease to continue learning and be satisfied with what I have achieved.

Amongst the cello music composed by great classical composers, I prefer romantic works and composers such as Dvorak, Schumann, Saint Saëns, Rachmaninov, Beethoven… These are the works where I feel free to express my own feelings, without restraint, with passion and following my inner nature.

Playing Bach, Haydn, Boccherini, Schubert allow me to keep up with the technique  of the instrument.This is, in my opinion, the only way to keep up with the technique.

On the contrary I cannot interpret contemporary works : I see no harmony in them and I simply cannot  feel any way of putting any of my feelings in playing them.  It seems to me to be impossible to interpret abstract music, or to experiment the various sounds.

I disliked studying the scales… and was bored in all basic sol-fa theory lessons!!!