Chlara
Biography
British-born Filipina singer / songwriter Chlara (born Chlara Isobel Magtultol) labeled as Philippines acoustic songbird, Chlara spent the early years of
her life living in England before moving to the Philippines at the age of nine. Her father Cesar who passed away when Chlara was only two years old was a music
lover and left with Chlara his love of music. From the age of three Chlara was already singing and was very much influenced by the music that was constantly played at home, listening to Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Air Supply, The Carpenters, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.
After moving back to the Philippines, Chlara’s mum Gina enrolled her into a few singing schools, While regularly joining the school singing programs
and plays Chlara also began playing the guitar at the age 11, learning from his brother and with her own self study, she would watch & learn from videos on YouTube.
Before starting college Chlara had already started writing her own songs. Growing up all Chlara ever wanted to do was sing and have the world hear her songs and now is fully focused to reach her dreams having signed a long term management and recording agreement with Evolution. She was featured in evosound’s album Voices of Love together with the finest female vocals featuring Susan Wong, Olivia Ong, Julienne Taylor, Emi Fujita, Stacey Kent, Katie Melua,
Chantal Chamberland with her version of Lionel Richie’s Stuck on You. Chlara has been regularly performing in the Philippines during 2012 and 2013. On May 30th 2013 Chlara made her debut overseas live performance at the Poly Theatre, Beijing, China as special guest to Connie Talbot. In July 2013 Chlara recorded her debut album of self-written compositions in Manila with Swiss-based producer Adrien Zerbini. The album Unstoppable is released in 2014. Chlara caught media's attention with her debut pop album, Unstoppable. Imago lead guitarist and composer Zach Lucero puts Chlara's You Complete Me as one of the best in 2014 in Radio Republic's blog "THE YEAR THAT WAS 2014: THE BEST MUSIC. HERE."
But Chlara's Unstoppable phenomenon isn't going to stop just there. Since the debut album release on November 3, 2015, the digital album followed tightly after on all major download and streaming sites. The high-resolution album download is now available on evo88.com. Chlara has recently been shooting music videos for ChlaraVEVO, well underway to prepare her next “Unstoppable” surprise! After the album release, Chlara was honoured to perform at charity concert - Handumanan: Haiyan Tribute concert - at Q-Circle, Quezon City before a huge crowd on Nov 8, 2014.
Nov 22-26, Chlara was invited to join the tour for UK Talent Star Connie Talbot's Gravity Tour 2014 in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Chlara worked side-along with world-class, professional musicians. Afterwards, Chlara returned home where media, friends and family celebrated her debut album release with the Unstoppable Album Launch on December 14, 2015. MYX covered the event full on that night. Chlara was guest on major media sites to promote her new album Unstoppable, including MYXclusive, ASAP Chillout, and major radio stations like PinasFM and Radio Republic. It's Chlara's first greeting to the nation's audience to share her life as singer/songwriter.
Chlara on VEVO
Lately, Chlara entered a shooting project for her brand new ChlaraVEVO. No matter what role it is, a jungle fairy, a girl-next-door or just a simple, honest, fun studio footage, Chlara fulled off her performance with impeccable grace, honesty and beauty.