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= Claret =

Enzo Claret (born 7 May 2006), known professionally as Claret is a Swiss musician, composer, songwriter and record producer.

Claret acted as a record producer and songwriter on many songs and albums, in the French-speaking world as well as internationally, for artists such as Jules Loewert, Leee John or Tdenon.

He also works on personal projects, having released in June 2025 his debut album, "Completely Human", starring numerous artists and musicians.

Claret is also known for his writing; he often includes some excerpts of his poems or short essays in his songs, or as a written addition to a musical work.

Early life and education
Claret was born into a middle-class family, in Sion, Valais, Switzerland, on 7 May 2006. His mother, Delphine Broggio is a photographer and visual artist, born in 1977. His father, Georges-Alain Claret is an addiction counsellor, born in 1970. He has two younger brothers, Luca and Matteo, born in 2012. His parents were married in 2003 and separated in 2015.

His maternal grandfather, Jean-Michel Broggio (born 1951) and his paternal grandmother, Françoise Claret, née Bovisi (born 1943) are both of Italian and Swiss descent, while his paternal grandmother, Chantal Broggio, née Genoud (born 1944) and his paternal grandfather, Paul Claret (born 1940) are of Swiss descent only.

Claret grew up and spent his primary school years in Conthey, Valais until 2016, when he moved with his mother and brothers in Lutry, Vaud after his parents’ separation and finished his mandatory education there in 2021. He then studied for three years at the Chamblandes High School, in Pully, before graduating in 2024. He then officially started his professional musical career, while continuing his studies at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne, studying English, art history and cinematography.

2006-2023: The beginnings
Claret, being born into an artistic family, became interested in art very early on, firstly about literature and visual arts, and secondly grew a strong passion for music by listening to albums of artists such as Ray Charles, Serge Lama or Deep Purple, among others, on an old CD player he had in his bedroom.

During his early childhood, he started playing the drums, which he abandoned after a few years. In 2016, then aged just about ten, he began composing music on his iPhone and iPad, using programs such as GarageBand and released his first hip-hop instrumentals on Internet.

In 2019, Claret bought his first laptop and started working on the music production software FL Studio 20. In 2020, during the Covid-19 related lockdown, he worked with a school friend on some musical projects, which had them discovered by a local record label from Crissier called Swiss Artists Productions.

In the beginning of 2021, Claret signed with Swiss Artists Productions and slowly began professionalizing, learning how to work in a recording studio, as well as some aspects of music business and management.

2023-present: Completely Human
In 2023, Claret left Swiss Artists Productions to begin working independently. He met French singer and professional cross-country skier Jules Loewert in September 2023 at the Swiss singing contest Le Tremplin with whom he quickly forged a great friendship. The pair began working closely together on many songs Loewert had written but never had arranged. This collaboration led to great success in France.

In 2023, he also started working on audiovisual projects for the renowned French classical pianist Elizabeth Sombart.

In 2024, Claret collaborated with his former label to produce two songs for Leee John, the lead singer from the British band Imagination.

In July 2025, he released his debut album called Completely Human. It was inspired by the philosophical questions regarding artificial intelligence and its role in music and art. The album is "completely human", meaning that no AI was used during its creation, which is what Claret called "a concept from the future", a concept that'd still be considered being normal today, but perhaps not necessarily in the future. The recurring themes in the album are mortality, love, human relations, and more generally, humanity. Musically, the work contains music of different genres as rock, psychedelia, bossa nova, electronic or classical. All songs were written and composed by Claret, but sung by plenty different singers, that sometimes also helped with the writing. Most of the songs are in English, but Italian and French are present, such as the last song, "Après une Vie" (french for "After a Life"), a song sung by his grandmother Françoise, mainly about one's attitude to mortality. Some other notable elements about Completely Human include the use of musical leitmotivs and the presence of a narrator in between songs, reading poems or excerpts of essays written by Claret, as a way to improve the understanding of the story and the message of the album.

The album's cover was created by Claret's mother, Delphine Broggio. The back cover of the vinyl record is the combination of 500 pictures of the faces of famous people, artists and historical figures, greatly inspired by the very famous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 's cover.

Inspirations:
Claret is a very great lover of 1960's and 1970's music, mainly of rock music, soul, funk and psychedelia. Some of his favorite musicians from those years are James Brown, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones or The Beach Boys. He also is a classical music and opera fan, some of his favourite composers being Richard Wagner, Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi. He is an avid vinyl records collector.

A lot of his inspiration also comes from literature and philosophy, mainly from the 19th and 20th century, with authors like Friedrich Nietzsche, Aldous Huxley, Oscar Wilde, Noël Coward as well as from great historical figures and stories."'I truly believe that one can find inspiration anywhere and anytime, even in the dullest things, simply by agreeing to believe in one's imagination and by always letting one's mind ready to travel far away.'"

Family and relationships:
Not much is known about Claret's relationships, but it's known that family is an important part of his life.

He collaborated with his paternal grandmother, Françoise Claret, née Bovisi (born 1943) on the last song of his first album, herself being an amateur singer, having recorded an album in the 1990's. The song, called "Après une Vie", which Claret wrote and composed for his grandmother to sing, reflects on life and mortality. Françoise lives with her husband Paul Claret (born 1940) in Orsières, Valais.

Claret's also known to share a close bond with his mother, Delphine Broggio (born 1977), a photographer and visual artist, having worked with her on many artistic projects, such as photo documentaries or album covers. She is the daughter of Jean-Michel Broggio (born 1951) and Chantal Broggio, née Genoud (born 1944), who live in Lutry, Vaud.

His paternal first cousin and godfather is professional freeride skier Yann Rausis (born 1993), a former "Rookie of the Year" and veteran of the Freeride World Tour.