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Cynthia Castro
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CYNTHIA CASTRO - LATIN POP SINGER
Born and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey in a family of
immigrant
parents from Lima, Peru, Cynthia Castro, age 20, is a first
generation
Latino American. She has strong ties to both Latin and American
cultures.The
American sides gives her the freedom to perdue her artistic
dreams and the
Latin side gives her the heart, emotion and passion for her
music.
She is classically trained by renowned pianist and producer
Vera Tisheff whose has performed worldwide with the Boston Pops,
Rochester Philharmonic, Munich Symphony, Mexico City Symphony,
Athens
Philharmonic, Zagreb and Belgrade Philharmonics, New York
Chamber
Orchestra at Town Hall, and recently at Carnegie Hall in New
York Cynthia's
vocal range is reminiscent of the great singer Yma Sumac
and her musical style and temperament is in the tradition of
contemporary
Latin artists like Gloria Estefan and Celia Cruz. She is poised
to be her
generation's Latin pop music sensation.
Currently, she is recording her debut CD of original Latin pop
music for
release in September 2004. Her talent has attracted world-class
performers
to her album including percussionist Cyro Baptista (Paul Simon,
Sting,
Caetano Veloso) and trumpeter Hector Colon (Copacabana NYC).
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