Leyla Zamora, bassoon
Leyla Zamora has been a member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra since 2005. Zamora studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Baylor University, and DePaul University in Chicago. Before coming to San Diego, she held for 11 years the position of principal bassoon with the Memphis Symphony. She has also performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand, Alabama Symphony, and the Costa Rican National Symphony. Zamora has participated in orchestral and chamber music festivals such as La Jolla Music Fest, Mainly Mozart, Britt and Cascade Festivals in Oregon, Ameropa in Prague, Apple Hill Chamber Music Center, International Orchestra in Japan, Spoleto Music Festival in Italy, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Cassals Festival in Puerto Rico. She has presented master classes and recitals at the universities of Idaho, Wichita State, Southern Mississippi, University of Memphis, Washburn University in Kansas, and University of the Pacific in Stockton, and has performed solo concerti and recitals in Costa Rica, Colombia, Japan, Czech Republic, and the former Soviet Union.