Clara Perra

Author of compositions and educational works, Clara Perra won several national auditions and an international competition, at the Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

After listening to a concert of percussion instruments as a young adult, she “succumbed” to the "rataplan" rhythms, an event that convinced her to leave medical school and enrol in the music conservatory.

In a short time, she graduated in piano and percussion instruments (the latter degree with honours and a special academic mention) and began studying composition with Aladino Di Martino, director of the "San Pietro a Majella " Conservatory in Naples.

Regarding her teaching material, she illustrated the technique contained in the DVD "Percussion and Drums School" (Curci 1995); she participated in the recording of the CD accompanying the book "Beyond the Rudiments" (Carisch 2004); she wrote essays, compositions and methods.

Particular highlights include the work released in two volumes "Music Between Rhythm and Creativity" (Curci 1987): a project in collaboration with Antonio Buonomo, for which the newspaper "Corriere della Sera" devoted a full page review) and "Il Braccio del Tempo" (Simeoli 2015): a handbook that reveals the "secrets" of the orchestra pit, with amusing anecdotes about the conductors.