Natalie Choquette

Natalie Choquette is a Canadian soprano.[1]

Life

She was born in Tokyo. She grew up in Lima, Peru, Boston, Rome, Montreal, and Moscow. Choquette studied at Institut Saint-Dominique. She graduated from Collège International Marie de France, and from Université de Montréal, where she studied with Roland Richard.[2] She has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa.

She won four Félix Awards, in classical music and has sold over 100,000 albums. Covering the following styles: Opera, Classical, Sacred Music, New Age as well as Popular. She has three daughters.[3] She has performed all over the world Natalie has recorded in over a dozen languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Yiddish, Portuguese, Japanese, Greek and more; she also speaks several languages fluently including French, English, Spanish, Italian as well as functional German, Arabic and Russian;

Since 2011 Natalie Choquette has performed as Mimi in La Diva Malbouffa, a children's show which has toured in several hundred schools across Canada. The show was also presented in St Petersburg in the Russian language.

In 2011, she appeared with the Belgian Royal Air Force Band.[4]

Personal life

She is the mother of Florence Khoriaty is also a singer known as Florence K.[5] out of a relation with the musician Hany Khoriaty. She also the mother of Ariane and Éléonore born through a relation with Eric Lagacé. She is a cousin of the politician Jérôme Choquette.

Choquette is heavily involved in charity causes representing several prestigious organizations. She was the official spokesperson for La Fondation Québécoise du Cancer which helped the foundation raise over $30,000 for their Cancer Centres in Québec.In the course of her duties, she appeared on several television shows featuring cooking and healthy eating habits with famed Quebec physician Dr. Marcel Béliveau and Swiss author (Anticancer) and cancer researcher Dr Servan Schreiber.

Mrs Choquette is also associated with the Quebec chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Discography

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CDs
DVDs

References

  1. ↑ Natalie Choquette (Soprano) - Short Biography
  2. ↑ Natalie Choquette: Diva and Devotee
  3. ↑ Cancham
  4. ↑ European Grand Concert featuring Natalie Choquette
  5. ↑ "Le dur apprentissage de Florence K". Le Journal de Montréal, June 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Natalie Choquette Discography and Music at CD Universe
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