Célia Oneto Bensaid

Surrounded by art since her childhood, especially of the theater and dramatic arts, Célia Oneto Bensaid decided that she will tell stories on the piano, this rich instrument allowing to interpret so many repertories! Celia studies at the National Conservatory in Paris where she obtains five diploma and prizes with the best honors : piano , accompaniment and chamber music. Laureate of numerous international competitions in piano solo and chamber music, she performs regularly as a soloist but also with partners in chamber music. She is invited to play with orchestras plays in famous festivals and venues such as Philharmonie de Paris, Piano at the Jacobins, Festival La Roque d’Anthéron, Folle Journée de Nantes, Wigmore Hall... She records her first solo album “American Touches”, published in 2018, devoted to American composers such as Gershwin and Bernstein and includes her own transcriptions of orchestral works. This CD received very good critics of important music journalists. The young French composer Camille Pépin dedicated several pieces to Celia who records her chamber music works in a CD that appeared in February 2019 under the label NoMadMusic. In 2021, Célia’s second solo album « Metamorphosis » has been released under the label NoMadMusic with music of Ravel, Glass and Camille Pépin. She already got different great press reviews (4 diapasons / 5 stars CLASSICA / heart stroke of radio RTL etc.) Célia is a Yamaha Artist. www.celiaonetobensaid.com ©️ Lyodoh Kaneko