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.
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]