Charlotte Berthomé (Flute) is currently studying at the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels in the class of M. Baudoin Giaux. In 2007/08, she studied at the Ecole Normale de Paris with flautist Pierre-Yves Artaud. Before, she studied with flute professors Gilles de Talhouet (National Music Conservatoire in Nantes, France), Vincent Lucas (Paris) and Alain Menard (Music Conservatoire in Creteil, France). In recent years, she has been invited to play at different masterclasses given by soloist Benoit Fromanger and Victoire de la Musique Award's recipient Juliette Hurel in France.

At the age of 15, Charlotte was the recipient of First Prize at the 2005 Nerini Competition in Paris.

Her forthcoming 2009/10 engagements beside her performances with the Nereus Duo include concerts with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra as Second Flute.

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   Annabelle Berthomé Reynolds (Violin) studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London with violin professors Lydia Mordkovitch and Hu Kun. She obtained a Bachelor of Music with Honors and a Master of Music. A the age of 19, she organised the Olonna Music Festival in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, a two-week classical-music event comprising 9 concerts and masterclasses for international young talents given by artists Lydia Mordkovitch and Hamish Milne.

Annabelle is the recipient of several dedicated compositions by American composer Michael Mills. She was also involved in the film-music and live composition project in Nashville, Tennessee led by composer Michael Alec Rose and violinist Peter Sheppard-Skaerved.

In December 2006, Annabelle recorded music by Nigel Clarke with the Longbow string ensemble for the Naxos label. This year has seen her record an album of educational chamber music for Billaudot Music Publishers in Paris.

Annabelle is continuing her studies by reading for an MPhil (MEd) in Arts, Culture and Education at the University of Cambridge with a view to pursuing a PhD in Education (research on the teaching of metacognition in music performance education). She is a member of Corpus Christi College.

In 2008/09, she regularly performed for  the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra in Antwerpen.

Her forthcoming 2009/10 engagements beside her performances with the Nereus Duo include recitals featuring most of the Sonatas and Partitas by Bach at different venues across Belgium and France, performances with the Lille National Orchestra in France and chamber music concerts in March and April 2010 with members of the Lille National Orchestra.

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Both members of the Nereus Duo regularly perform in professional orchestras and other ensembles. Their career already brought them to perform at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Brussels Palais des Bozar, the Folles Journees in Nantes and Lisbon, and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.