About
Kámea Németh was born in Budapest and moved to the UK when they were one years old. Now they are 20 years old and are studying composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. As a 21st century composer, they aim to break the social constructs of 'traditional' music while still maintaining connections to certain ‘conventions’. Some ways in which they like to do this is by experimenting with their use of musical notation such as aleatoricism and graphic notation. Throughout their work, Kámea likes to include elements of whimsy and playfulness but at the same time, they like their work to say something whether that be a bold political statement or a wacky re-telling of a story from their everyday life.
As well as a composer, Kámea is a classically trained singer. They joined the ExCathedra Junior and Senior Academy in 2013 and have enjoyed opportunities including performing in the Nutcracker, Carmina Burana and having the solo role of Sankta Lucia in the annual Sankta Lucia concert. They also enjoy singing jazz and were the singer of the University of Birmingham School’s jazz band. Currently Kámea is a member of the RNCM chamber choir and is singing in two jazz bands.
photo taken by Peter Snook
Since they have such a love for singing, Kámea writes a lot of their music for voice. Recent projects include a premiere performance by Ruby Donnelly and the RNCM Brand New Orchestra of their piece 'Mansplaining the devil is no easy feat. Future plans include writing a piece for the Valette Ensemble and Ventis.
Some of Kámea's musical influences include Ben Nobuto, Björk, Anna Meredith, Esperanza Spalding, Unloved, Kate Bush, Frank Zappa, Alice Zawadzki, Leonard Bernstein, SOPHIE, Jaako Mäntyjärvi, Gabriella Smith, Will Todd, Bartók, Charles Mingus, George Crumb, Liz Dilton Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Wayne and Richard O'Brien
FIVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE KÁMEA'S MUSICAL STYLE ARE CAMP, CULTISH, SATIRICAL, COLOURFUL AND HONEST