Raised in a family of musicians, Clara began the bassoon at the age of 6 years old in the
Conservatoire de Bordeaux.
At the age of 17, she entered in the class of Carlo Colombo in the Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. It ended brilliantly with a master and a special
mention. She continued her path in Munich with Dag Jensen and obtained a second master
in contemporary music at the unanimity.
Afterwards, she had the position of solo bassoon for two years in the Copenhagen
Philharmonic and then after, she became a fix member as solo bassoon in the Iceland
Symphony Orchestra.
Besides, Clara played and is playing with major European orchestras as solo bassoon as the
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,
Copenhagen Philharmonic, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma,
l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Teatro di Maggio Fiorentino, der Frankfurt Oper, l’Orchestre
de Chambre de Lausanne, l’Orchestre National de Lille among others.
She also won the price of « Meilleur Talent » in the Concours Talents Classique 2018
(France), Honorary Mention in Aeolus Wettbewerb in 2018 (Germany) and the Golden Medal
with High distinction from the Manhattan Competition in 2019 (USA).
In May 2022 she received the Honorary Mention in the Prague Spring Competition (Czech
Republic) and in July 2022 she is 2nd price winner in the Gillet- Fox competition (USA).
Clara is a Püchner artist and is playing a bassoon model superior in dark finish.