Clara Yuna Friedensburg grew up in a family of musicians and began playing the cello at the age of seven. She made her debut at the age of eleven and went on to perform as a soloist with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Her highlights include performances at the Verbier Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. She was awarded first prize and a special prize at the national Jugend Musiziert competition and second prize at the international Anton Rubinstein competition for young cellists as well as at the international Young Musicians competition in Tallinn. She was awarded fourth prize at the international Polstjärnepriset competition in Sweden and, aged 13, was named ›Talent of the Year‹ by the Norwegian Council of Cultural Schools.

Clara Yuna Friedensburg studies with Prof Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. As a ‘German Foundation for Musical Life’ scholarship-holder she plays a J.B. Vuillaume cello on loan from the German Musical Instrument Fund.