Clara Ponty continued her studies into her early teens when she was accepted into the prestigious music program at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan.
It was followed in 1999, her second album The Embrace[2] on which Ponty revealed her depth as a composer, pianist and vocalist with ten new original works.
"The Embrace" reached number 1 on New Age Voice's "Airwaves Top 100", a playlist reported by radio programmers across America.
Her father co-produced this new project with her and contributed a couple of violin solos and strings arrangements, besides the collaboration of cello, guitar, bass and percussion.
She is joined and in collaboration with renowned European jazz musicians, Wolfgang Haffner on drums, Dieter ILg on bass and Ernst Ströer on percussion.