BORN INTO AN ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT IN GENEVA, SEVERINE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND THEATRE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. SHE BEGAN HER STUDIES AT THE GENEVA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, WHERE SHE STUDIED FLUTE, VOICE AND CHORALE VOICE LESONS. AT THE AGE OF 23, SHE BEGAN TEACHING VOICE AND DIRECTING A CAPELLA VOCAL ENSEMBLE AS WELL AS REGULARY APPEARING ON STAGE (PRINTEMPS DE BOURGES, MONTREUX OFF, FESTIVAL JAZZ DE NYON AND NUMEROUS BARS AND JAZZ CLUBS IN SWITZERLAND).