Maëla Raoult, a French clarinetist, orchestra conductor and music producer, has released a new single titled “Mars” on Azkaban Records. The track is available on digital platforms as well as CD and vinyl, according to the announcement.
The composition draws on space as a theme and features clarinet alongside guitar, electric bass, piano, keyboards, cello and percussion, blending jazz with traditional and Middle Eastern influences. The label describes the piece as built around improvisation and a shifting rhythmic groove, with Raoult’s clarinet and piano taking the lead role.
Raoult, born in Brest in 1990, trained at the Brest Music Conservatory and later studied in Paris and at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, from which she graduated with distinction in 2014. She has conducted orchestras including the Tokyo Sinfonia, Berlin Sinfonietta, Bordighera Symphony Orchestra and the State Chamber Orchestra of Azerbaijan since transitioning to professional conducting in 2024, according to her biography. She is now based in Belgium.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Maëla Raoult, maelaclar.org.