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Nymphya

California-based NYMPHYA is an Ethereal Baroque Pop / Folktronica Art-Pop recording artist / producer whose music is lightly suffused with Worldbeat, Classical and Avant-garde. Her Art-Pop style is best described as a stirring collage of eclectic beats, soaring vocals, haunting soundscapes, and captivating samples mixed with acoustic and electric instruments. Nymphya's lyrics, inspired by Nature and the Mystical, are most often philosophical or transpersonal, and transport the listener to a mystical land or a place of deep reflection ... “more of an immersion than a listening session” wrote one of her fans.

Prior to launching NYMPHYA, Valentina O has appeared throughout the United States as an opera singer (NYCO and SF Opera), actor (Magic Theater), performer and musician, guesting on numerous soundtracks for television, film and commercials (Time/Life Warner, IMAX, and Garfield), on multiple CD projects for recording artists,(Sky Cafe and Royal Fingerbowl) backing up John Cale (The Velvet Underground) on the Tonight Show, appearing on MTV with her group Screaming Divas, and opening for Todd Rundgren at the Fillmore in San Francisco, for George Benson at Villa Montalvo, and Dana Carvey at the Shoreline Ampitheatre.

NYMPHYA has released three albums: Her all original debut, DREAM DANCE, in December 2017, her all-acoustic anthology of Kate Bush cover songs, NAKED KATE, in December 2019, and her sampler 6 song EP CURIOS in October 2021. She has built a global audience through selling her music through online channels, which supports her efforts as an Indie recording artist. You can find all of her music at https://shop.nymphya.com.

She is currently writing, producing and recording her third album and accompanying book WHAT HAVE I FORGOTTEN? scheduled for release in 2023, and resides near the redwoods along the craggy Northern California coast.

NYMPHYA’S live show consists of a set of selections from all three albums: the acoustic guitar-driven Kate Bush material surrounded by the electronic-based Folktronica of DREAM DANCE and WHAT HAVE I FORGOTTEN?

Awards

2015 Bay Area Theater Critic Circle Awards Nominee – Best Original Script, Beneath Paris Skies 2014 Bay Area Theater Critic Circle Awards Winner - Featured Actress in a Musical, La Cage aux Folles Winner of the Wishard A. Brown Memorial Scholarship, Marin Symphony Chosen as a solo recitalist for the 4th Solinger Musiktage fur Junge Interpreten, Koln, Germany Regional Finalist - MacAllister Awards for Opera Singers

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"Nymphya really delivers on this album". Steven Davies-Morris, Deep Nuggets Radio

"While one may draw comparisons to artists like Kate Bush,Tori Amos and the like, Nymphya travels a different road, with un-expected turns and twists. It's a wild ride...and quite enjoyable. GRADE:A+ Marc Farr, Rock n Roll Infinity

"Breathtaking vocals, deeply stirring music, all impeccably produced. In a word – Spellbinding!" Tunedloud

"An ambitious and well-crafted work, which provokes as much as it soothes. Sonically what has been created here sounds unique, an admirable accomplishment in and of itself. . . It’s hard to think of anyone apart from Kate Bush who could deliver a line with such twisted emotion and authenticity. . . It asks much of the listener and warrants repeated visits . . . Dream Dance deserves to be heard”. Chris Wheatley, Rawckus Magazine