In 1979, Carrai undertook post-graduate studies in Historical Performance Practice with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
In 1983, Phoebe Carrai joined the chamber music ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln.
She performs with the Arcadian Academy and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Nicholas McGegan); Ensemble Arion (Claire Guimond), Les Musiciens de Louvre (Marc Minkowski) and the Handel and Haydn Society (Jonathan Cohen).
[1] Phoebe Carrai is a member of the faculties of the University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany and the Longy School of Music of Bard College[3] in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Phoebe Carrai performs on an anonymous Italian cello from c.1690 and has recorded for Aetma, Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, Telarc, Decca and BMG.