Mezzo-soprano Clarissa Cabral was born in 1983 in the city of Santos, where she began her musical studies at the age of five. In 1993, she entered the São Paulo Municipal School of Music (EMMSP), where she studied piano, flute and harpsichord. She holds a degree in piano from the School of Communication and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), where she also obtained her master’s degree in music under the guidance of Amilcar Zani. She continued her studies with tenor and conductor Marcos Thadeu.

She has been a member of the Osesp Choir since 2007 and, since 2017, has been professor of music theory at EMMSP.