Clara Messina

Born in Paris in 2005, Clara Messina began playing the violin at the age of six. She studied successively with Rodica Bogdanas, Christophe Poiget and Agnès Reverdy at the regional conservatoires (CRR) of Boulogne-Billancourt and Paris, before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris at fifteen, in the class of Stéphanie-Marie Degand.

In 2022, she won second prize and the audience prize at the Cambrai International Violin Competition, followed by second prize at the Concours Jeunes Talents in Paris.

In 2023, she was the only French violinist selected for the semi-final of the Mirecourt International Competition, on which occasion she was entrusted with a violin by Andreas Guarnerius.

Selected for several international academies (Santander, Villecroze, Tibor Varga in Sion, Sincronia Musica in Rome), she obtained her Bachelor's degree in 2024 by unanimous decision of the jury, with its congratulations, and took part in the Caunes-Minervois festival, playing in duo with cellist Edgar Moreau.

Clara performed Nun komm by Thierry Escaich at the “Thierry Escaich and Friends” recital in January 2025, and in July once again takes part in the Santander academy, where she will have the opportunity to play in six chamber music concerts, including one with clarinettist Gabor Varga.

In January 2026, she took part in the Musikfest at the Philharmonie de Paris, playing alongside Liya Petrova, Alexandre Kantorow, Daniel Hope, Jean Rondeau and Lise Berthaud, among others.