Born in Brazil in 1974, Celina Charlier  started learning music at age 10. She has performed professionally since age 15: chamber music recitals, symphonic concerts, solos with orchestra, solo flute recitals, opera, musical theatre, ballet, pops concerts, didactic recitals for children, incidental music for theatre, live music for silent movies, recordings of sound tracks for short movies, animation, commercial jingles and role playing game, collaborative multimedia productions, and performances through the Internet II. Her repertoire encompasses from early music to contemporary avant-garde electroacoustic music, including Brazilian genres. Ms. Charlier has extensively performed in Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Malta and the US. She has been first flute at Orquestra Sinfônica Juvenil do Estado de São Paulo, Orquestra Experimental de Repertório and 2 NYU Orchestras. Solos with orchestra include numerous Baroque concertos and suites, Mozart's G major flute concerto, Chaminade's Concertino and Villani-Côrtes's flute concerto.

She has premiered more than 60 music pieces for flute, written especially for her by Brazilian, American and European composers. She participated in more than 50  master classes and festivals as a student, and more than 20 music festivals as a guest professional flutist, including Festival de Inverno de Campos de Jordão and Festival Música Nova. She has taught flute, recorder, chamber music, music history, breathing techniques for winds, and woodwind practicum at institutions such as Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo, Conservatório Dramático e Musical de Tatuí, and São Paulo Municipal School of Music. Recipient of numerous awards, scholarships and distinctions, from the Organization of American States, the Brazilian Government, NYU President's award for volunteerism and leadership, and the American Honor Society in Education Kappa Delta Pi, among others. She won numerous music competitions, including the NYU Orchestra Soloist Competition, and the Soloists Competitions from Orquestra Experimental de Repertório and São Paulo State Symphony. She holds a degree in flute and recorder from São Paulo Municipal School of Music (1995), a BM in Flute Performance from São Paulo State University (1995), and a MA in Flute Performance from NYU Steinhardt (2001). Ms. Charlier is currently a PhD Candidate in Flute Performance at NYU, where she also served as adjunct faculty and conducted an orchestra for 4 years