Annette Celine

Singing fluently in eight languages, Brazilian soprano Annette Celine has performed in music festivals throughout Europe, America, Latin America and Israel.

She made her début at the Teatro Reggio di Parma in a programme of Mozart arias and her festival appearances include the Israel Festival (with her mother and pianist, Felicja Blumental) at the Taomina and Camden Festivals, and the International Festival de Musica, Torroella de Montgri in Spain.

Annette Celine has also performed at London's Wigmore Hall and St John's Smith Square while her American appearances include a performance on the opening night of the inaugural season of the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and a recital along with Anthony Newman at Holy Trinity Church in New York City.

In 1995, Annette sung a recital at the celebration for the anniversary of the United Nations.

Annette Celine has made a number of recordings for the Decca, Vox, Kenwood, Everest, Olympia and Claudio labels and collaborated with Luciano Pavarotti and Montserrat Caballe for the Decca label. She also recorded the Complete Chopin Songs with her mother and pianist Felicja Blumental.

More recently, Annette has made three CDs on Brana Records accompanied by pianist Christopher Gould. 'Cantigas' (BR0003) features lesser-known works by Waldemar Henrique and Heitor Villa-Lobos. 'Songs With & Without Words.' (BR0006) is a variety of songs by Mendelssohn, Verdi, Grieg, Fauré, Granados plus others and has been described as "an expressive set, but what runs throughout this very well-filled disc is the natural sense of the love of music-making which Ms Celine and her partner clearly possess." (Musical Opinon, Nov 2003).

'Was It A Dream?' (BR0011) focuses on small masterpieces by composers who, more often than not, were recognised as masters of larger scale works together with a touch of spice from works by exotic Zarzuela composers.

Annette is also the Artistic Director of the Felicja Blumental International Music Festival

Chris Gould

Christopher Gould read music at Clare College, Cambridge before winning a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with John Streets and Malcolm Martineau.

In 1996, he was the first young pianist to receive an award from the Geoffrey Parsons Trust. He is also a recipient of the Gerald Moore Award (1998) and a first prize winner in the Wigmore International Song Competition (2001).