Xiomara Fortuna

Biography

Xiomara Fortuna was born in the province of Montecristi, in the northwest region of the Dominican Republic.

Her mother introduced her to music. Her first exposure to music was Dominican folk music, including vocal and dance. As a youth, she was interested in Trova and social justice-themed music. She wrote his first songs as a teenager.

After high school, she enrolled in the Autonomous University of Saint Sunday. She began performing live in Santo Domingo. She performed in Kaliumbe, where she honed her musical style inspired by traditional Caribbean music, specifically the music of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. She lives at Rancho Ecológico in Campeche. In 2010, a group from Gettysburg College visited her ranch.

She has performed in Switzerland, Cuba, Russian and France. She has collaborated with Archie Shepp and perfomred with Miriam Makeba and Toure Kunda.

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