Zenaida Castro Romeu, a prestigious Cuban orchestra conductor and choral director. She is part of the third generation of a family of illustrious Cuban musicians such as Antonio María and Armando Romeu, and is the daughter of the eminent Cuban professor and pianist Zenaida Romeu González, from whom she received her first music lessons.

At the age of 11, he entered the International Conservatory of Music, graduating in solfeggio, harmony, and theory in 1967. In 1972, he entered the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory (Rastro No. 1 and Espada, Centro Habana, Havana); he then transferred to the National School of Art (ENA) (120th Street between 9th and 13th, Cubanacán, Playa, Havana), where he completed his high school studies in Choral Conducting in 1976. The following year, he entered the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) (1110, 120th Street between 9th and 13th, Cubanacán, Playa, Havana), studying two specialties at the same time, until completing his advanced studies in Choral Conducting and Orchestral Conducting.

From 1983 to 1987, she was the director of the Cohesión Choir and the Estudio Lírico Choir, a group led by Alina Sánchez. She conducted the American premiere of Michel Legrand’s Oratorio Concerto, with Legrand and Erick Berchot as pianists, in 1989.

He founded Camerata Romeu in 1993, whose official presentation took place on September 5, 1994, at the National Theater. It began performing music by Guido López-Gavilán, Carlos Fariñas, Carlos Varela, Leo Brower, and José María Vitier. The Camerata emerged within the realm of Musical Culture as a genuine initiative, discovering the excellence of the chamber music repertoire of Cuban music in particular and Latin American music in general. Its musical offering is based on a string ensemble inherited from Central European tradition, which is especially dedicated to the performance, promotion, and recognition of chamber music.

That same year, Zenaida traveled to Mexico with her group and subsequently participated in the Cervantino Festival held there. In 1996, the Camerata Romeu released its first album, La Bella Cubana, which was released in 1996. It became a classic in Cuban music of this style and won the Chamber Music and Critics’ Awards. The Camerata Romeu also recreated Ignacio Cervantes’ melody on their album Cervantes and on the phonographic work Cuba Mía. Zenaida highlights the variety of Cuban musical creation.

This great conductor’s discography is broad and comprehensive, enriched by other highly acclaimed albums, such as Dance of the Witches, Serranito, Strictly Worldwide, The Day the Silence Died, Raigal, and Non Divisi, among others. She has also conducted the soundtracks for several Cuban films. Zenaida Romeu has toured several countries, including Germany, Canada, Spain, Ecuador, Sweden, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

He currently hosts a brilliant television program called Otros Tiempos. Cuban music is the theme, and guest musicians are its stars.

Zenaidita, as she is also known to the public, is a creative woman with a very personal style.