Claudia Robbens

born in The Haque, Holland. I started with singing at the age of 4 when I heard Maria singing Do,Re,Mi in the Sound of Music. While listening to the songs of my mam singing Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and the classical songs of Maria Callas I felt music became a part of my life. During school I sang in bands and loved to act too. I wrote acts and songs and every friday afternoon I played for my classmates. All kinds of music from classic, country, blues, gospel, soul and jazz made me the woman and singer I am now. I love to write about the usual things in life, happiness and love. It’s a privilege to make songs and paintings to express yourself and a great gift when it can open hearts of people. I found good musicians to work with and to share this inspiration. My first single was with Robby van Leeuwen from Shooking Blue named ‘Little fool’. In 1981 I was singing the both ABBA vocals on Stars on 45 a project with producer Jaap Eggermont for which I received a golden record. When I came in that studio I imitated various singers like Karen Carpenter, Shirley Bassy, Barbra Streisand and ABBA. After that project I knew I wanted to write my own songs. During the years after that I was singing jazz in the jazzclubs of The Haque. I was lucky to work with jazz pianist Bert van der Brink, Rob van der Broeck and other musicians.In the last years there was time to find my own style a mix between blues, jazz, folk and pop.