As a performer, Charlotte Nediger’s first love is playing continuo in an orchestral and/or choral setting, something she’s been delighted to do with Tafelmusik since joining the orchestra in 1980 at age 21. She also works being the scenes as Librarian, Program Editor, Artistic Operations Assistant, and Artistic Coordinator of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. A native of southwestern Ontario, Charlotte holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Western University in London and a Solo Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands. She teaches at the University of Toronto.
Charlotte’s grateful to her father for deciding on a whim to build a harpsichord for his pianist daughter when she was 14 years old. His woodworking project forever changed the trajectory of her life, sending her down a path that led to Tafelmusik. She’s also grateful to her mother, ever a lover of the piano, who cheered her on even while asking, “Dear, does anyone actually like listening to the harpsichord?”
Photo credit: Dahlia Katz