Jonathan Nazet

Jonathan Nazet began his musical training at the Ecole Nationale de Musique in Montbéliard, where he was unanimously awarded first prize for viola.

At the age of 16, he entered the class of Gérard Caussé at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and graduated four years later with the unanimous First Prize for viola and chamber music (quartet formation with David Grimal, Joachim Massias and Antoine Lederlin).

He continued his studies in the soloist class at the Basel Academy of Music in Switzerland in the class of Hatto Beyerle and was also a member of the European Community Orchestra (ECYO) under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini and Mstislav Rostropovitch.

Chamber music also plays an important role in his musical life. He has had the opportunity to perform at numerous festivals in Europe with members of the Enesco and Via Nova quartets, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Philippe Bernold, Alexandre Brussilovsky, Renaud Capuçon, David Grimal, Catherine Michel, Xavier Philips, Guy Touvron, Laurent Verney (…).

He is currently a full member of the Paris National Opera Orchestra.