CAMILO ZAMUDIO, percussionist

Camilo Zamudio is a passionate explorer of new sounds and an advocate of Latin American music. For him, percussion is an intimate way of expression that draws the listeners to his musical world. He converges in diverse musical languages: the heritage from traditionalC olombian musical communities, the chants of freedom of the Afro-diasporic voices, and the endless complexity of Contemporary sounds. He graduated from the National University of Colombia in 2020, studied at The National Autonomous University of Mexico, and is currently a DMA student at the University of California San Diego with Steve Schick and the red fish blue fish percussion ensemble. Zamudio obtained 1st place at the I Latin American Percussion Competition RAZAM in 2017 and played on the BLAA Young Performers Series by The Central Bank of Colombia in 2018. He joined the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and performed at major festivals such as the 77 Ojai Music Festival and The XIII Cartagena International Music Festival. At present, Camilo holds the chair of the timpanist of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus.