Founded in 2008 on the West coast of France, the Nereus Duo has pleased in just 3 years more than 9.000 listeners over 50 concerts. Trained at two prestigious musical institutions - the Royal Conservatoire  in Brussels for the flautist Charlotte Berthomé and the Royal Academy of Music in London for her sister the violinist  Annabelle Berthomé - this feminine flute and violin duet quickly received « a very striking success » on the Atlantic shores (Ouest-France, 1st French daily newspaper) and in the Alps region for its « magic » (the Dauphiné newspaper). It was namely spotted by ELLE Magazine and qualified as « divine » in 2009.
 
However, the specificity of these two young Nereids does not lie in their  atypical group ensemble neither in the concert halls they have already performed in: the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Beaux-Arts Palace in Brussels, the Bélem Cultural Centre in Lisbon, the  Champs Elysées Theater and the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Possessed by the same conviction that classical music is tremendously modern, these indefatigable musicians integrally write their music compositions prior to their performances so to share the classical repertoire through an fresh new lens. In 2008, their annual tour was dedicated to operas by Mozart (The magic flute) and Bizet (Carmen) as well as to Tchaikovsky (The nutcracker ballet). The success was such that the duet proposed the following year, in 2009, the complete Four seasons by Vivaldi and the song cycle The winter journey by Schubert. Finally, last summer, in 2010, the Nereus Duo paid tribute to romanticism and revisited, with success, piano works by Schumann (Children scenes) and violin works by Mendelssohn (Concerto in E minor). In a class of its own, the Nereus Duo represents therefore a musical innovation to discover.

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   Charlotte Berthomé (Flute) is currently reading for a Master in Music at the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels in the class of M. Baudoin Giaux. Last year, she was awarded a Bachelor of Music from this same institution. 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 Créteil, 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.

In the 2007/08 season, Charlotte was a member of the Orchestre Francais de Flutes in Paris and gave regular concerts in France.

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

Her recent  engagements beside her performances with the Nereus Duo include concerts with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium and the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra.

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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. 2008 has seen her record an album of educational chamber music for Billaudot Music Publishers in Paris.

This year, Annabelle also completed an MPhil (MEd) in Arts, Culture and Education at the University of Cambridge. Her research focused on self-regulated learning and violin beginners namely adults. Her thesis was  recently recognised as a "worthy contribution to the particular field of research entered into" and subsequently received a rare First class award. Annabelle is a member of Cambridge Corpus Christi College.

Since 2009, Annabelle regularly performs with the Lille National Orchestra (France), the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra in Antwerpen and the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra (both in Belgium). Finally, in October 2010, the Belgian state recognised Annabelle's artistic activities as particularly active. Subsequently, Annabelle was awarded the position of 'Artist'.