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Zenaida Romeu
 Orchestral
director. Composer. Director of the singular female grouping of chamber
music ''Camerata Romeu".
Zenaida studied choral direction with Agnes Kralovszky and Genadi
Dmitriak and orchestral direction with Gonzalo Romeu, being the first
student with two specializations and in 1982 she became the first
graduated from Superior Institute of Art in the specialty of orchestral
direction.
She attended masterful lectures by German professors Olaf Koch and
Gert Frishmuth regarding to orchestral and choral direction in Cuba
and Germany. Her fine and singular style is highly acclaimed, that's
why she has been invited to give lectures on Choral Direction at specialized
centers from different countries.
On 1982, she created the Cohesión Chorus, which meant a new
proposal for the Cuban choral movement due to its new and fresh conception,
its repertoire and scene performing . On 1987, she founded the Chorus
of Lyric Study and received favorable appraisal in Spain. Camerata
Romeu saw the light in 1993 as a female orchestra aimed at recreating
latin and national values.
This singular orchestra has its permanent venue at the Basílica
Menor from Convento de San Francisco de Asís. Its musical structure
is made taking as starting point a strings ensemble as heritage of
the Central-European tradition, focusing, in a very special way, on
the execution, promotion and recognition of the Cuban music of chamber
in particular and the Latin American chamber music in general.
In 1966, the first CD by Camerata Romeu, ''La Bella Cubana'' made
its bow at the musical world and won prizes of Chamber Music and Critic
Prize, becoming a classic of Cuban music in this style. The music
of Ignacio Cervantes is recreated by the Camerata in the CD ''Cervantes,
cuatro pianos'' from Bis Music discography in 1999 and in 2002 the
CD ''Cuba
Mía'' arrives from the same label and is nominated to Cubadisco
2002 Prize in the category of Chamber Music.
The Camerata has gained significative national and international recognition
and it's considered unique and exceptional due to the cultural values
it promotes, its repertoire and scene performance holding an undoubted
Cuban taste.
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