Nadja Räss studied classical singing at the Zurich University of the Arts, where she completed her training in 2005 with a Master’s degree in pedagogy. From 2012 to 2017 she was the Intendant of the Klangwelt Toggenburg (literally “sound world Toggenburg”), a cultural institute in Eastern Switzerland. She is passionate about teaching singing, and passes on her knowledge through courses, individual tuition and, since autumn 2018, also as a professor of yodelling at the School of Music of Lucerne University. She is equally passionate about Swiss yodelling, bringing old and new forms of this particular art to the podium alongside musicians such as Rita Gabriel Schaub, Markus Flückiger, Willi Valotti and the Alderbuebe ensemble. She was awarded a “Prix Walo” in the yodelling category in 2014, and in 2015 Canton Schwyz awarded her its Culture Prize.