Interpreter, composer and singer: this sequence defines the linear progression of Catalina Claro's trajectory. These are without doubt the three skills that she has developed over an equal number of career phases. Catalina has converged on pop mix, but her early stages encompass several directions.

One of the keys to the musical history of Catalina Claro has been her inclination towards a solitary and unencumbered journey. At eighteen years of age, she was already giving piano and vocal concerts in a succession of foreign settings. She has performed in far-flung places like Singapore, Israel and Syria, but it was not until 1998, when she embarked on one of her more protracted spells in Barcelona, that she attained her identity as an immigrant composer.

That year, she composed the music for the production of "Faust" by the Catalan La Fura dels Baus underground theatre company. Shortly afterwards, she joined up with a pair of well-known Spanish singer-songwriters, Victor Manuel and Ana Belen, writing them a special arrangement for the Violetta Parra classic "Gracias a la Vida,"  in 2000.

 Catalina Claro sustained her itinerant nature with journeys and sojourns in India, a two-year stint on the staff of the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil, and a permanent position as pianist and singer on the European tours of the congenial Tonino Carotone.

Catalina Claro's first encounter with music occurred when, as a child growing up in her native country, Chile, under the tutelage of the renowned classical piano teacher Flora Guerra (1920-1993), she was introduced to the repertoire of polonaises, sonatas, dances, variations and nocturnes for piano by Chopin.    

Her first solo concert was given at the National Library of Santiago de Chile when she was fifteen years old. Since then, Catalina has performed as a soloist in chamber music ensembles and larger string orchestras, including the Chilean Symphony Orchestra. 

Catalina was awarded first prize as the best interpreter in the Chopin Competition sponsored by Claudio Arrau. During the course of her musical career she would win several awards for her performances on the piano, and subsequently for her compositions of incidental and popular music, in several countries. 

"The music I write is truly feminine. It reaches softly into the profound. I believe that, as a musician, I am merely a vehicle. The musical ideas are not mine. They exist, and I just channel them," says Catalina Claro. She has assembled a wide series of influences from her long journeys, quick passages and middling sojourns across four continents.

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Rodrigo Santic originated his formal music studies at age 15, taking up classical guitar and later focusing on music composition, in his native Santiago, Chile.

He soon realized that his passion was the saxophone and went on to spend the next decade at the University of Chile's Music Conservatory studying classical saxophone, devoting his studies to chamber music.

His musical success soon started to take shape. In 1997 he joined the "Cuarteto de Saxofones Villafruela," a sax quartet of classic and contemporary music that performed live, on radio, and television, making appearances in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. The group released a two-disc album called "Saxofones en Latinoamérica," a repertoire of Latin American music and "Saxofón en concierto, compositores chilenos 1988-1998," which consists of contemporary works by Chilean composers.

Rodrigo performed with various orchestras, including Juvenil de Santiago, the Symphony of Chile, and the Santiago Philharmonic. His musical accomplishments were further recognized when he received scholarships from the Andes Foundation (1999) and the Friends of the Santiago Municipal Theater Corporation (2002).   

Rodrigo Santic earned a Bachelor of Arts with focus on music performance for saxophone in 2001, followed by a second degree in saxophone performance, in 2003, graduating with honors. Yet jazz beckoned him, even while on a parallel route with his classical studies. He participated in jazz festivals as a member of Los Andes Big Band and other jazz ensembles. In 2003, he was the guest saxophonist for Grupo Lucybell at the XLIV Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar.

Upon completing his studies at the conservatory, Rodrigo Santic left his home country and set out to travel the world, accompanied by his saxophone and determination to grow as a musician. The next couple of years took him to Bologna, Italy and Barcelona, Spain, where he studied jazz. After returning to Chile, he was sponsored by the Chilean government's Ministry of Foreign Relations for a series of musical workshops and shows in the San Francisco Bay Area with the "Cuarteto Latinoamericano de Saxofones."