Catharina Clement

Catharina Clement (1998) is a Dutch composer with an affinity for interdisciplinary art forms (such as opera and musical theatre) as well as acoustic and vocal music. She graduated from Utrecht University’s Honours College in Middelburg, University College Roosevelt (BA, magna cum laude) and the University of Amsterdam (MA) as a musicologist. Currently, she studies composition with Willem Jeths and Meriç Artaç and classing singing with Sasja Hunnego at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

Clement’s music is characterised by its strong lyrical, eclectic and colourful nature. She is inspired by personal stories, psychology, nature and mysticism. In her music, she concentrates on emotional transmission, attempting to connect people through her music and to affect a wide audience. Being a young musician, Clement has already written for various instrumentations, ranging from solo instruments and small ensembles to writing for larger groups such as orchestra, opera, choir, and brass band. National highlights include the composition competition of the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble of which she became finalist in 2016, and the various performances of her opera Een Ragnarok during the Opera Forward Festival 2022 at the Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam. She also entered into collaborations outside Europe, leading to the screening of the film Bad Liars with her soundtrack at the Rough Cut Film Festival in Philadelphia (USA), and an interview for the Canadian television station TV5.