Clara Ponty

Clara Ponty (* in Paris ) is a French pianist and singer of jazz and crossover. It is also associated with New Age music.

Ponty grew up as the daughter of the jazz violinist Jean -Luc Ponty in Paris and Los Angeles. She learned violin and piano and studied classical piano at the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Maryland Conservatory and the University of Southern California. After graduating she moved to New York. 1997 their debut album Clara Ponty with solo recordings of his own compositions, followed in 1999 by Embrace (Universal ) was released by Universal also with his own compositions.

In 2002, she played in India. 2004 their album Mirror of Truth ( JLP Productions ), who also plays her father on the, 2010 Echoes (CARE / Eden Records, with Wolfgang Haffner drums, Dieter Ilg Bass, Ernst Ströer drums, Sebastian Studnitzky trumpet, Wülker trumpet) and their vocal album Into the light (2011, Harmonia Mundi, with Jean -Luc Ponty, Nigel Kennedy, Vincent Segal, Damien Smitt ).

Currently (2012 ), she lives in Paris.