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My Music. My Story. Camille Zamora.

September 13, 2016

My Music. My Story. is one of Classical Music Indy’s initiatives to feature music, musicians, and music lovers in a fun way. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage month, we spoke with Camille Zamora, opera singer and founder of Sing for Hope. Music, like life, is better when we embrace more than just the familiar. You can read about Camille’s story in English or Spanish!

My Music. My Story. Camille Zamora.

camillezamora-1How has your cultural background influenced your career? 

I think my passion for music is, in many ways, really rooted in my Hispanic heritage. Some of my earliest musical memories are of singing songs with my dad and his beloved guitar – Spanish classics ranging from the ridiculous, “¡No me mates con tomate, mátame con bacalao! [Do not kill me with tomatoes, kill me with cod!]”; to the sublime, Lorca’s folk songs. For me, there is something innately musical about the Spanish language – a certain lyricism and kind of poetic ease. Of course, this is the sensibility that I tap into this when I am singing Zarzuela and Hispanic repertoire.

How do you think your performances/work with the arts have contributed to the Hispanic community?

I’d like to think I have made a contribution to the Hispanic community in a couple of ways. First, I have made the exploration of lesser-known Spanish repertoire a constant throughout my career. Secondly, in my role as Co-Founder of Sing for Hope, I have been fortunate enough to be involved in bringing dynamic arts educational programming to under-resourced Latino youth throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Fun facts:

What’s your favorite food?

I have a major sweet tooth. Pastel de tres leches [three milk cake] is my all-time fave.

What’s your favorite song right now? 

I am preparing a concert of the music of Enrique Granados right now and am obsessed with his Canciones Amatorias [Love Songs] – perfect little songs with the delicacy and luminosity of a Renaissance painting.


Camille Zamora, Cantante de Ópera, Fundadora de Sing for Hope

¿Cómo ha influido el trasfondo cultural en tu carrera profesional?

camillezamoraCreo que mi pasión por la música tiene sus orígenes, en muchos sentidos, en mi herencia hispana. Algunos de mis primeros recuerdos musicales son cantar canciones con mi padre y su amada guitarra, clásicos de la música española que incluían desde piezas ridículas, “¡No me mates con tomate, mátame con bacalao!”; hasta composiciones sublimes, las canciones folclóricas de Lorca. En mi opinión, hay algo innatamente musical en el idioma español, un cierto lirismo y una especie de facilidad poética. Por supuesto, esta es la sensibilidad que intento transmitir cuando canto zarzuela y repertorios hispánicos.

¿Cómo crees que tus actuaciones/trabajos artísticos han contribuido al desarrollo de la comunidad hispana?

Me gustaría creer que he hecho un aporte a la comunidad hispana en un par de formas. En primer lugar, he hecho de la exploración de un repertorio español menos conocido una constante a lo largo de toda mi carrera. En segundo lugar, en mi rol de cofundadora de Sing for Hope, he tenido la suerte de participar en acercarles un programa educativo artístico dinámico a jóvenes latinos de bajos recursos en los cinco distritos de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Algunos datos curiosos:

¿Cuál es tu comida favorita?

En general, soy muy golosa. El pastel de tres leches es mi favorito de todos los tiempos.

¿Cuál es tu canción favorita en este preciso momento?

Estoy preparando un concierto de la música de Enrique Granados en este momento y estoy obsesionada con sus Canciones Amatorias – pequeñas perfectas canciones con la delicadeza y luminosidad de una pintura del Renacimiento.

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