Nadine Cavaciuti (née André) is a certified Level V Romana’s Pilates teacher and a professional pianist, piano teacher and chamber coach based in Ewell, Surrey.
She began her piano studies at the age of 5 with world-renowned teacher Judith Burton, and continued on to the Royal Northern College of Music under Kathryn Stott and Carole Presland, achieving a BMus (hons) in 2004 and MMus in 2005. Her career has been diverse. She has given solo and chamber recitals throughout the UK and Europe and held a one-year residency with her trio at the University of Surrey in 2018-19.
Nadine’s sensitivity and warm-hearted nature manifested itself in a passion for teaching the piano from her early professional life. Having taught in many schools across Surrey and the Royal Academy of Music as a piano teacher and award-winning chamber coach for almost 20 years, her experience of educating and mentoring people of all ages and abilities is extensive.
The mechanics and movement of the human body have always been a source of fascination and discovery for Nadine. Her professional life hasn’t been without injury and following years of sessions with physiotherapists and being a dedicated student of the Alexander Technique, Pilates came into Nadine’s life in 2013. She loved the way Pilates made her feel and, wanting to get as close to the original work of Joe Pilates as possible, Nadine had her first session with Rebecca Convey at Kinetic Pilates, London in 2019.
It was clear that from the first session with Rebecca that the depth of the work would make dramatic changes to the way her body functioned. Not only did playing injuries melt away but her playing technique at the piano greatly improved seemingly effortlessly. Six months later Nadine received her apprenticeship training and mentorship at Kinetic Pilates with Rebecca Convey (Level III), was examined by Jane Poerwoatmodjo (Level III) and was examined and certified by Marjorie Oron (Master Trainer Level IX) from The Hague in Holland. Nadine certified as a Level V Romana’s Pilates Instructor in March 2022.
Nadine continues to practice Pilates and the piano on a daily basis and has regular sessions with Rebecca at Kinetic Pilates. As well as taking lessons with Vera Müllerova in the Czech Republic, she also actively attends regular professional development workshops with Romana’s Pilates, both in London and around the world, and takes sessions with Romana’s teachers of high international standing. Nadine is dedicated to consistently deepening her own understanding and practice of both Pilates and music in order to enhance her teaching and to strengthen her Pilates technique and piano playing.
Nadine currently teaches private sessions in her fully-equipped classical home studio and mat classes in a venue in Ewell, Surrey. Piano teaching is still integral to her