Camila Cortina Bello

Camila is a Cuban-born pianist, composer, and educator whose music bridges Afro-Cuban traditions with jazz, classical, and world music. 

Born in Havana, she studied classical piano at Cuba’s top conservatories and earned a degree in musicology. After performing extensively across Asia, she received a full-tuition scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music.

In 2023, Camila was named a New Music USA Next Jazz Legacy Fellow, an initiative supporting emerging women and nonbinary artists in jazz. She has performed at major festivals including the Cape May Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Ecuador Jazz Festival, and the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este. Her collaborators include Paquito D’Rivera, Miguel Zenón, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Dianne Reeves, among many others.

Her solo piano work Bravura premiered at London’s Barbican Centre in 2024, and she was a finalist for the Cintas Foundation’s Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition. She also appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert with the Afro-Cuban band OKAN.

Now based in New Jersey, Camila remains an active performer in the New York music scene, continuing to push musical boundaries while honoring her heritage and global influences.
She is now a member of “The Amigos” as she continues to expand her horizons.