“Rachel is comparable to composer greats like Wendy Carlos, Mica Levi and Vangelis”
- King Britt (composer for Miami Vice, True Blood /curator at Carnegie Hall)
Rachel is a genius, her mind fascinates me. I find our communications thrilling like a mind meld. I recommend anyone to check out her Ted Talk. On top of all this, her voice and songwriting are stunning, unreal 🔥
-Dave Stewart (Co-founder of Eurythmics)
“She is the best of the best - a throwback to the future”
- Erik Rico (producer/writer for Tupac)
“In art, you go until you've lit up the dark space” - CLAUDIO
Rachel Claudio is an Australian interdisciplinary artist, composer and conceptualist whose work spans sound, immersive installation, theatre, film, television and experimental performance.
Her practice explores the intersection of sound, technology, storytelling and human experience, developing concepts and experiences that move across artistic disciplines and forms.
An internationally recognised composer. performer and producer, she has worked across Europe, Australia, North and South America, and Southeast Asia.
Her screen work includes composition for the upcoming SBS documentary Homeless 300 and the ABC documentary Claws Out. She also composed the music for one of the three nights of First Lights – Kinjarling, a major drone and audiovisual event presented by Fremantle Biennale in Albany in 2026.
Her viral TEDx talk, How to Translate the Feeling into Sound, and her role as Creative Advisor to creative company Rare (co-founded by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics) reflect a practice that extends beyond composition into technology, storytelling and contemporary art.
Based in Paris for over a decade, Rachel gained international recognition as a pioneer of live production performance, opening Ableton’s inaugural Loop conference in Berlin with King Britt and performing alongside artists including The Roots, Mayer Hawthorne, Rhye and Common. She also headlined Dior’s 70th anniversary celebration at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Her theatre scores include numerous productions with The Last Great Hunt and Barking Gecko Theatre, creating sound worlds that range from intimate dramatic works to modular interactive scores.
She is currently developing GLIMMERFIELD, a large-scale immersive work with visual artist Tee Ken Ng, where cinema, game-world logic and biofeedback converge to create a branching experience authored by the participant’s own internal state. The work premieres as a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2027.
Rachel Claudio aka CLAUDIO
"The soundtrack by Claudio is utterly spellbinding, drawing us into an unforgettable odyssey. Ice cracking, blizzards raging, and the stark cold of Antarctica is interwoven with a composition of wonder, awe, and longing. Every second of this adventure is captured with care and nothing ever feels forced. Claudio seems to anticipate our responses before we feel them, and dials up the intensity in all the right places."
Rachel has toured throughout Australia, Europe, Brazil, Southeast Asia, the U.S. East Coast and the Baltic States. Her collaborators include Ben L'Oncle Soul, Drapht, soFLY and Antonio Gambale (composer of Unorthodox).
She currently serves on the Music Consultative Committee for the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where she previously lectured in Creativity from 2016–2018.
Rachel's practice extends across theatre, installation and experimental performance. Her 2022 Sounds of Sunset residency at Perth Festival saw her improvise two-hour soundscapes to the setting sun over seven consecutive nights, performing with her back to the audience while facing the ocean alongside them.
Her theatre scores include ongoing collaborations with The Last Great Hunt (Telephone, Witches.Exe, Night Night, Whistleblower), alongside The Great Un-Wondering of Wilbur Whitaker for Barking Gecko Theatre. Her work ranges from modular interactive soundtracks to traditional screen and stage composition.
Rachel's interdisciplinary practice has also included collaborations with Latvian visual artist Martins Dabolins, including To Kill an Empath for Luxury of Landscape, exhibited in a 15th-century palace in Florence, Italy.