ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

“A breezy Saturday afternoon was on music lovers’ minds as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presented its ‘Havana Nights’ concert featuring the Mambo Kings and Camille Zamora… Zamora is a charming, engaging presence with an expressive voice; she’s full of personality, just like the music she was singing, and an outstanding communicator. If you didn’t understand the lyrics, sung in Spanish, you could just read her face. A particular highlight: ‘Tango de la Menegilda,’ full of drama as a tango should be in a tale of a country girl who finds city life not what she expected… Zamora joined the group for a particularly sultry ‘Bésame Mucho,’ and another highlight was ‘Danzón.’ Composer DeLaney has said he hopes it sounds “elegant.” It did, but that was almost too heavy a word for this graceful  swirl of melody and rhythm that beautifully blended with the Mambo Kings’ sound and the orchestra.”

– Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel