Cédric Pescia

Pianist Cédric Pescia has recorded subtle interpretations of keyboard repertoire from Couperin to Messiaen. He has also been active as a chamber musician and as a coach for singers of lieder. Pescia was born in 1976 in Lausanne, Switzerland, and took up the piano at age seven. He enrolled at the Lausanne Conservatory, studying with Christian Favre, and then moved to the Geneva Conservatory, where his teacher was Dominique Merlet. At both these schools, Pescia took top prizes. He completed his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts under Klaus Hellwig. Pescia took master...