Camerata Romeu
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Camerata Romeu is an all-female instrumentalist chamber music group[1] founded and led by Zenaida Castro Romeu,[2][3] orchestral director and composer from a family of Cuban performers and composers spanning several generations.[4] The orchestra's musical focus is playing European style classical music while drawing on the popular rhythms of Cuba[5] taken from Spanish, African and Latin American Indians.
History
Camerata Romeu toured Florida in 1998, and performed at the Repertorio Español.[6]
The group was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2003[7] for the Best Flamenco Album and at the Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition[8] in 2008.
Cinematic journalist, filmmaker and co-founder of Accent Media, Cecilia Domeyko, created a documentary of Camerata Romeu, entitled Cuba Mia: Portrait of an All-Woman Orchestra,[9] which in 2003 won the Silver Screen awards at the US International Film & Video Festival.[10]"
The ensemble performs regularly at the Festival de Música Contemporánea in Havana. Coverage of the 2009 Festival.[11]
In 2015, Camerata Romeu performed at the Festival Mozart Habana.[12]
Discography
- La Bella Cubana: New Classical Cuban Music, Released 1996
- Cervantes, Released 1999
- Cuba Mía, Released 2001
- Danza De Las Brujas, Released 2005
- Raigal, Released 2006
- Tampa Habana Oslo – En Vivo, Released 2007
- La Bella Cubana, Released 2007
- Non Divisi – Roberto Valera Y Camerata Romeu, Released 2008
- Saudações, with Egberto Gismonti, Released 2009[13]
Filmography
- Cuba Mia: Portrait Of An All-Woman Orchestra – DVD, Released 2005
- Concierto Del Norte – DVD, Released 2010