Clara Ponty – Handel Reimagined

Early August of 2026 Kershaw and Wade had the privilege of speaking ( a Skype call ) with Clara Ponty.  We sat down with this amazing classical pianist, daughter of the legendary Jean-Luc Ponty.   She called in from Paris and in addition to a fantastic conversation, Clara recorded a station ID for WCOM and Weekly Dose Of … Clara is a brilliant musician/artist with seven albums since 1997, her latest is Handel Reimagined.  Our introduction came by way of Mr. Jean-Luc Ponty, who joined Weekly Dose Of … 2.5 years ago.  Jean-Luc helped us establish communication with Clara and our call has been long in the works.

Clara began her performing life in early childhood, at 4 years of age, and she has been busy making music since. If you want to hear more of our incredible conversation with Clara tune-in. It’s been almost 2 years since we began communicating with Clara, and with her latest release out, she graciously offered WCOM’s Weekly Dose Of … the opportunity to share about her latest release and other very personal music insights.  Weekly dose Of … will be airing multiple segments of our call with Clara over coming shows.

The broadcast on 8/7/2026 has some wonderful segments with her music and our conversation about her latest release.  This show contains several teasers with Clara in the first hour of the recorded broadcast. During out complete call we delve into many aspects of her career and life journey.  Consider tuning in Friday’s 6-9 PM EST on WCOM-lp 103.5 Chapel Hill / Carrboro NC for local listeners, and for our streaming audience you can listen live from at https://wcomfm.org website.  Check back here for additional links and updates of our conversation with Clara.

First Hour 8/7 – Clara Ponte segments

For more information about Clara, check out her Website: https://www.claraponty.com/

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