Cristina Ballatori has performed across the United States, Europe, England, and Latin America as a recitalist, soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Recent performance highlights include featured guest artist appearances at the Festivales Internacionales de Flautistas in Lima, Peru, and World Flutes Festival in Mendoza, Argentina, concerts in venues such as the Atelier Concert Series in Paris, France, and artist residencies in Spain, Costa Rica, and Mexico.  An active chamber musician, Ballatori is a member of the Semplice Duo with pianist Kevin Chance and the Whitewater Chamber Players.  Described by critics as “delightful performers” whose “music making was effortless and sparkling,” the Semplice Duo was formed in 2000 with the goal of exposing a wide variety of audiences to the less frequently performed chamber music for flute and piano. Their debut album, Night Surrendering to the Dawn, will be released by Centaur Records in 2024-2025, and features works for flute and piano by 21st Century composers Valerie Coleman, Amanda Harberg, and Samuel Zyman, including two world-premiere recordings of works written for the duo by Christian Ellenwood. Ballatori regularly appears as a guest artist and has been a featured performer, clinician, and adjudicator at many festivals, universities, and conferences including those of the National Flute Association, Music Teachers National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and Mid-South Flute Society among others. She is a Burkart Artist.