Brice Catherin

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Brice Catherin studied the cello at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (Switzerland) with professor Marc Jaermann (cellist of the sine nomine quartet) where he successfully completed his diploma in 2004.

At the same time, he was studying composition at the Haute École de Musique of Geneva (Switzerland) with professors Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón and Éric Daubresse.

He premiered works he commissioned for solo cello or chamber ensembles from composers such as Dror Feiler, Christian Rosset, Evis Sammoutis, Patricia Bosshard, Baudoin de Jaer, Abby Swidler, Jacques Demierre, Arash Yazdani and Ludovic Thirvaudey.

He worked with artists from various backgrounds including dancers (Foofwa d’Imobilité, Corina Pia, Judith Desse), writers (Karelle Ménine, Cléa Chopard), actors (Delphine Rosay), and after works of movie directors (David Bestue and Marc Vives, David OReilly (artist)) and illustrators (Yuichi Yokoyama).

As a composer, Brice Catherin wrote more than 80 instrumental works with or without electronic means.