Clara Sanabras
Born in France, raised in Barcelona, now a Londoner, Clara is an exceptionally versatile musician and captivating performer. She sings and accompanies herself on baroque guitar, Indian harmonium, oud, charango, her music being as varied as her background. Classically trained as a singer and pianist, (Guildhall School of Music and Drama & Conservatori Superior del Liceu Barcelona), she has worked in the fields of early music, world music, jazz, folk & contemporary and now writes her own music. In an impressive back catalogue of recordings, theatre and screen credits, Clara has appeared at many international festivals & venues, including Glastonbury, The London Jazz Festival, Womad, Sydney Opera House, La Scala Milan, KKL Lucerne, Tokyo Casals Hall, and mingled with artists from all disciplines:
Working alongside Howard Shore as the soloist of "The Lord of The Rings in Concert" and "The Hobbit", she has also collaborated with James Newton-Howard (The Hunger Games), Nigel Kennedy, Terry Edwards & London Voices, Jocelyn Pook, Alberto Iglesias, Avshalom Caspi, Rachel Portman, Natacha Atlas, Eliseo Parra, Jarvis Cocker, The Harp Consort, John Rutter, RPO, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, OAE, Ludwig Wicki & 21st Century Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony, Theatre of Voices, The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, Theatre of the Ayre, Charivari Agréable, Israel Camerata, eX Ensemble & The Dufay Collective.
She has recorded for LINN, Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Signum, Taith & Collegium Records.
She appears on screen alongside Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice movie (Mike Radford 2004), on radio with Bill Nighy in the BBC Radio 3 play The Don, on stage with director Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre and in concert under the guidance of Karlheinz Stockhausen, the forefather of electronica. Clara composed the music for the TV documentary "The Glories of Islamic Art", directed by Roger Thomas for Channel 5 and her music will feature in Simon Schama's forthcoming BBC documentary "The Story of The Jews" (Sept 2013) She is also the featured singer in the Hollywood movie "For Greater Glory" about the Mexican Cristeros War, with music by James Horner (Titanic).
Her song "Nada Igual", as heard in La Reina del Sur was no. 1 in the iTunes charts (Mexico) in June 2011.
Since she burst into the global music scene in 2006, with the highly acclaimed album "Clara & The Real Lowdown" (Smudged Discs), produced by maverick producer and composer Harvey Brough (Harvey and The Wallbangers), they've recorded another two albums: "Hopetown House" featuring The Real Lowdown, a collective of the finest folk, jazz and world musicians in London, and "The Emblem", released in February 2012.
With her forthcoming 4th album and after the success of her critically-acclaimed soundtrack credits and world tours, she returns to her roots with an elegy to exile, told in Spanish, Catalan, French and English. "Scattered Flight" - Songs of Spanish Exile, features stellar guests including Eliseo Parra, Cobla Sant Jordi, The Elysian Quartet, is produced by Harvey Brough and recorded by Peter Schwier (Dexys) and will be released in April 2014.
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