Annie Dutoit

Annie Dutoit (b. 1970) is a Swiss music journalist, reciter and pedagogue, a professor at the Arizona State University, and co-founder of the Nomade Ensemble. She was born in Switzerland to a pianist Martha Argerich and conductor Charles Dutoit. Annie received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Princeton University, an M.A. in journalism from New York University and a Ph.D. in French and Romance philology from Columbia University. In addition to her academic career, Annie Dutoit has been active as an actor and reciter. She participated in John Cage's The City wears a Slouched Hat and Stravinsky's l'Histoire du Soldat staging in the USA, Japan, and Switzerland, as well as An Evening of Peace Concert with Martha Argerich and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra in Japan. Dutoit published articles on music and literature and lectured at the Lugano Festival, Verbier Festival, and Saratoga Chamber Music Festival.