ABOUT

Clara Serra López is a Spanish-born vocalist, composer, songwriter and keys player based in London, with Catalan and Cuban heritage. Raised in a musical family, she grew up immersed in jazz, flamenco, Indian classical, Western classical and Latin music. Drawn to improvisation and jazz voices, she moved to London to study Jazz Performance at Guildhall School, later finding her artistic voice through the city’s underground music scenes which would reaffirm her love for music

Over recent years, Clara has developed a distinctive sound blending her cultural roots with influences from jazz, Eastern Mediterranean, North African, alternative R&B and electronic music. A recipient of the Peter Whittingham Jazz Development Award (2021) and the Help Musicians Next Level Award (2025), her work offers a unique and culturally engaged voice within contemporary music.

Her debut EP Lengua Materna (Part I), produced with Jake Long and mixed by Oli Barton-Wood, was released on Peter Gabriel’s Real World X. The project explores how culture and social systems shape emotion, identity and connection, while questioning the structures that influence how our world operates. Rooted in her Mediterranean heritage and mother tongue, it reflects her growth as an artist within London’s music scene.

Lengua Materna (Part II) continues this narrative, shifting its focus to the impact of social systems on isolation, mistrust and disconnection, while exploring the active rebuilding of community and shared resilience. Produced with Jake Long and mixed by Long with additional mixing by Oli Barton-Wood, it places Mediterranean heritage within a contemporary sound world of modular synths and choral textures.

The two chapters have collectively received support from Jamz Supernova, Gilles Peterson, Soweto Kinch, Tim Garcia… alongside airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 3, Soho Radio and Representz Radio. Clara also recently spoke with Jamz Supernova on BBC Radio 6 – her interview is available to listen to on BBC Sounds.