Carmen Curmi
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Carmen Curmi was born at Paola on 16 June, 1959. She was a singer, married to Joseph Briffa on May, 1985 and got a son Keith, she lives at Ħaż-Żabbar.
Carmen is coming from a family of music and dance, her uncle was Paul Curmi founder of the Paul Curmi Dancers. Her sisters was another famous singer Doris Curmi and Carmen always follows her steps. She started singing when she got 6 years Her first festival was Crusades Song Festival and Carmen begain well and won the first place. She enter three times in this festival and she win even the festival shield.
The famous Ineż Lombardo heared her sing, and she started to write songs for her, she taken part in serveral festvals, and she almost impresive and win or placed first, second or third at Mellieħa, Birgu at ‘Patri George’ Senglea, Saint Paul Ba won it too and Rabat where won first place in John B. Cassar Festival, and even at Żurrieq, view on Malta TV every week in Studio għat-Tfal.
Carmen met Rolf Harris too on tv, then at the age of 14 she went to Canada singing at the Maltese Canadian society of Toronto, she spend two months in Canada and sang on TV too, they when return to Malta started singing with a group in Valletta Premier and hotels and wedding. The group name was Four Rings from Żurrieq and Carmen spendid about 8 years with then. singer at hotels and restaurants.
She sang in Wardakanta festival and Jum Il-Ħelsien organized by The Labour Party, and also sang in the first Malta Independence Festival organized by The Nationislit Party and placed first placed toom this Festival was held at the Roadhouse at Buskett. Carmen sang too in the General Workers Union Festival and came second place too, beside she also dance and sing with her uncle folk lore group in hotels and on cruse ships etc
At 26 years she was married, and continue singing up to 38 years, the last she recorded a song was on a Cd Album issued by Phyillisienne Brincat with word and music by Ineż Lombardo and Carmen sing the song Ħdejn il-Baħar Flimkien on this CD issued on 2004.
After unfortunately she started having tyrod problems and her voice was not much good anymore, this happened when she was 40 years