Chiara Cortez
🇮🇹Rome, Italy
About
Multidisciplinary artist and educator specializing in vocal improvisation and collective singing. Studied psychology at Stanford University, performing with the a cappella ensemble Talisman (CARA award). Ten years of violin study in Italy followed by jazz vocal training with Susanna Stivali at Saint Louis College of Music. Sang 11 years with the female vocal ensemble The Sessions Voices (two albums). Songwriter with Maurizio Filardo for film and TV soundtracks. Studied circlesinging with Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs School (2016, 2018, 2022) and with Rhiannon. Founding member of The Well vocal improvisation collective and the Italian group Collettivo CantinCerchio. Since 2015, co-founder and manager of Circlesinging Roma, the first open circlesinging community in the Italian capital.