Marvin Camacho

Marvin Camacho is one of Latin America's leading composers. His works have been performed internationally, and a recording of his Cantata Negra earned a Latin Grammy Award nomination in 2023. Camacho was born in 1966 in Barva, in Costa Rica's Heredia province. His performing debut came at age nine when he sang at a festival organized by his school, and after that, he was invited to sing at other community events. At one, in 1978, he appeared in conjunction with a visit by Costa Rican culture minister Marina Volio Brenes; she invited him to visit her the next day, whereupon sh...