SARAH CATTAN STARTED PIANO AT THE AGE OF 5 IN BURKINA FASO WHERE SHE GREW UP. SHE LATER CONTINUED TO STUDY BIOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE FACULTY OF ORSAY THEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTRÉAL WHERE SHE SPECIALIZED IN NEUROSCIENCES AND OBTAINED A PH. D. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE STARTED LYRIC SINGING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC OF MONTREAL WITH LOUISE-MARIE ARCHAMBAULT.
IN 2018 SHE LEFT RESEARCH AND RETURNED TO MUSICAL STUDIES IN CHOIR DIRECTING, ANALYSIS AND WRITING AT THE MARSEILLE CONSERVATORY, AS WELL AS IN LYRIC SINGING AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE CONSERVATORY IN MAREIKE SCHELLENBERGER'S CLASS. IN THIS CLASS, SHE OBTAINED A DEM IN LYRIC SINGING IN 2025. AS PART OF THE CONSERVATORY'S PRODUCTIONS, SHE PERFORMS ORLOFSKY IN THE BAT, NICKLAUS IN THE TALES OF OFFMANN, ISABELLA IN THE ITALIAN IN ALGER, PAULINE IN THE QUEEN OF SPADE.
MUSIC ENTHUSIAST OLD, SHE PERFECTED IN BAROQUE SINGING AT THE TOULON CONSERVATORY WITH RAPHAËLE KENNEDY.
VERY INTERESTED IN MOVEMENT, AND VERY CURIOUS, STYLISTICALLY, SHE ALSO DEVOTES A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER TRAINING TO COUPLE DANCE, RENAISSANCE AND FOLKLORIC DANCE, BAROQUE DANCE, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, CLASSICAL DANCE, WHICH PROVIDES HER GOOD STAGE ASSISTANCE IN A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTEXTS (DANCED INTERMES OF BAROQUE OPERAS, OPERETTAS). CHILDREN IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS (MUSICAL COMEDY).
SHE SINGS AS A VIOLA IN “L’ENSEMBLE CREATION” DIRECTED BY YEOMYOUNG LIM, A CAPPELLA ENSEMBLE IN ROMANTIC AND CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE (BRITTEN, POULENC, GJEILO, WHITECARE, ELGAR).
AS A SOIST, SHE CAN BE HEARD IN THE “MIMOSA DUO” WITH THE HARPIST GLORIA BIRIARDI, ON BAROQUE OPERAS (VIVALDI, HAENDEL, PORPORA), OR ENGLISH FOLK MELODES (BRITTEN, WATKINS).
SHE ALSO SINGS WITH THE PIANIST CHARLOTTE VENTUJOL A ROMANTIC PROGRAM (BERG, MESSIAEN, FAURÉ, HAHN, STRAUSS, MAHLER). SHE ALSO COLLABORATES AS AN ALTO SOLIST WITH THE “GAUDETE” CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ST-SAVEUR CATHEDRAL OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE (MAGNIFICAT IN D MAJOR BY ZELENKA, GLORIA BY VIVALDI).
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SARAH CATTAN STARTED PIANO AT THE AGE OF 5 IN BURKINA FASO WHERE SHE GREW UP. SHE LATER CONTINUED TO STUDY BIOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE FACULTY OF ORSAY THEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTRÉAL WHERE SHE SPECIALIZED IN NEUROSCIENCES AND OBTAINED A PH. D. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE STARTED LYRIC SINGING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC OF MONTREAL WITH LOUISE-MARIE ARCHAMBAULT.
IN 2018 SHE LEFT RESEARCH AND RETURNED TO MUSICAL STUDIES IN CHOIR DIRECTING, ANALYSIS AND WRITING AT THE MARSEILLE CONSERVATORY, AS WELL AS IN LYRIC SINGING AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE CONSERVATORY IN MAREIKE SCHELLENBERGER'S CLASS. IN THIS CLASS, SHE OBTAINED A DEM IN LYRIC SINGING IN 2025. AS PART OF THE CONSERVATORY'S PRODUCTIONS, SHE PERFORMS ORLOFSKY IN THE BAT, NICKLAUS IN THE TALES OF OFFMANN, ISABELLA IN THE ITALIAN IN ALGER, PAULINE IN THE QUEEN OF SPADE.
MUSIC ENTHUSIAST OLD, SHE PERFECTED IN BAROQUE SINGING AT THE TOULON CONSERVATORY WITH RAPHAËLE KENNEDY.
VERY INTERESTED IN MOVEMENT, AND VERY CURIOUS, STYLISTICALLY, SHE ALSO DEVOTES A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER TRAINING TO COUPLE DANCE, RENAISSANCE AND FOLKLORIC DANCE, BAROQUE DANCE, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, CLASSICAL DANCE, WHICH PROVIDES HER GOOD STAGE ASSISTANCE IN A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTEXTS (DANCED INTERMES OF BAROQUE OPERAS, OPERETTAS). CHILDREN IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS (MUSICAL COMEDY).
SHE SINGS AS A VIOLA IN “L’ENSEMBLE CREATION” DIRECTED BY YEOMYOUNG LIM, A CAPPELLA ENSEMBLE IN ROMANTIC AND CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE (BRITTEN, POULENC, GJEILO, WHITECARE, ELGAR).
AS A SOIST, SHE CAN BE HEARD IN THE “MIMOSA DUO” WITH THE HARPIST GLORIA BIRIARDI, ON BAROQUE OPERAS (VIVALDI, HAENDEL, PORPORA), OR ENGLISH FOLK MELODES (BRITTEN, WATKINS).
SHE ALSO SINGS WITH THE PIANIST CHARLOTTE VENTUJOL A ROMANTIC PROGRAM (BERG, MESSIAEN, FAURÉ, HAHN, STRAUSS, MAHLER). SHE ALSO COLLABORATES AS AN ALTO SOLIST WITH THE “GAUDETE” CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ST-SAVEUR CATHEDRAL OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE (MAGNIFICAT IN D MAJOR BY ZELENKA, GLORIA BY VIVALDI).
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