chantefable

Chantefable  is a one-of-a-kind song and story experience developed by vocalist Mariana Rodrigues and keyboardist Andrew Cowie. The Duo combines vocal music with spoken poetry blended with improvised music, drawing on this ancient form of connection through words. The improvised music draws on various genres ranging from film and folk, to jazz, bluegrass, and early music. Every performance is different, never to be heard again.  Chantefable  also explores a wide range of vocal repertoire spanning music from the last 600 years, including everything from Scottish and Portuguese folk songs to Renaissance music and modern poetry. Debuting in the David Josefowitz Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music in June 2023, the duo has gone on to perform around the UK and internationally at the Vilalte Music Festival in the south of France. Since their founding, they have been coached by Joseph Middleton, James Baillieu, Christian Gerhaher, Philip Sunderland, Skip Sempé, Laurence Cummings, Steven Devine and Yvonne Kenny.
Recent performances include a double recital debut at the Royal Albert Hall, recitals at St James’s Church Piccadilly, St Pancras Church, closing the Bloomsbury Festival, Holy Sepulchre - National Musician's Church, the St. Mary Le Strand International Chamber Series, the Peregrine Orchestra Chamber Music Series, and many more. The Duo has featured as the annual debut concert at Southwark Cathedral in 2024, as well as recitals at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington and the Royal College of Music Museum on harpsichord. A recent favourite has been live premiering an absurdist song cycle about animals with music by Billy Cowie and poetry by Robert Desnos alongside children’s stories in Regent Hall.
Future performances include multiple recitals at Handel Hendrix House, Cromer Music Evenings and St Clement Danes Church.
Chantefable  is delighted to be selected as Leeds Song Young Artists 2026 and BREMF Emerging Artists 2025/2026. ​