Vima Lamura: Inside the Voice
(for the full article and multimedia experience, click here: OM-Times September 2009 Edition)
International Film, Music, Recording & Performance Artist Chanter/Vocalist
Vima Lamura breaks barriers creating an innovative hybrid of “new” music through her unique voice, performances and recordings. Embodying a refined voice and spiritual awareness with universal principles of sound, chant, and rhythm, her works usher a transcending musical experience. She fuses multi cultural influences, luxuriant vocals, and potent messages elegantly set on electronic/acoustic sound-beds.
Vima Lamura’s hypnotic 4 octave range weaves songs, languages, sounds, spirit and wisdom through voice. Her highly developed vocal range, pure tones, and harmonics add a multi-dimensional flavor to her mesmerizing style taking audiences on an experience beyond entertainment.
Vima Lamura has 7 CDs to her credit. Her musical works range from recordings fusing spirited, meditative elements with traditional, global sounds textures and rhythms, to transcendental musical theater. She has created, scripted, composed and performed 7 “world beat operas” as well as multiple ensemble performances and solo tours worldwide. Her voice is heard on film soundtracks, internationally. Her performance and composition works have been rewarded by esteemed Fellowship and Grant Foundations.
Vima Lamura is also a published writer and poet. Her lyrics and poetry have been translated in Spanish and Farsi.
Her global appeal is cultivated though life immersion in cultures that foster her talents and spirit into high quality artistic works. These works activate awareness and bridge transcendental, cultural, and human experiences through the powerful mediums of film, music, performance, and writing.
Vima Lamura’s film and musical recordings and performances span the US, Europe, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
INSIDE THE VOICE
At age 6, Vima Lamura’s exposure to ethic music was inspired listening to caters in a synagogue. Shortly after, East Indian Sanskrit chanting, Mid Eastern instrumentals and West African chant and rhythms initiated her life’s work and journey through a world of music, teachings and sound, setting a foundation in her career, personal healing and spiritual evolution.
“As I venture into the unknown, a silent seed yearning to blossom in my heart breaks to light… Like a bird on it’s last breath at every turn, I have to follow the flame that burns in my soul to breathe … I now see my work has chosen me as unfolding surrender is all that is asked while the source of all creation reveals it’s plan before every step”
Following an inner prompting, she passionately integrated her life’s journey and artistic expression in a soul fulfilling vision of creating a voice and musical works that transcends the norm by cultivating spiritual awareness, traditional chants, sounds, textures and styles with her voice. This passion evolved in an unconventional development of voice, chant, performance and recordings.
Beautiful on all levels. Much Love