{"id":447603,"date":"2019-10-25T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447603"},"modified":"2019-10-27T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T08:00:18","slug":"the-story-of-emily-zamourka-the-moldovan-woman-singing-in-the-los-angeles-metro-who-became-an-online-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-story-of-emily-zamourka-the-moldovan-woman-singing-in-the-los-angeles-metro-who-became-an-online-phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Emily Zamourka – the Moldovan woman singing in the Los Angeles Metro who became an online phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

A lot of people saw Emily Zamourka<\/strong> on the internet – a 52-year-old woman with a lovely voice, discovered and filmed by a Los Angeles policeman. She was singing Puccini’s “A Mio Babbino Caro”<\/em> at a subway station. Few people though, know that Emily is originally from the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n

Daily Mail<\/a> revealed her extraordinary story about a difficult childhood she had to endure in the Soviet Union and her failed American dream.<\/p>\n

Emily (born Liudmila Grekova) is from Basarabeasca, being the ninth child of a Seventh-day Adventist religious couple. She was given up for adoption because of her mother’s health but met her biological family when she was a teenager.<\/p>\n

Also, she suffered an abusive marriage before moving to the US\u00a0at the beginning of 90’s. In recent years, she has struggled with health problems and even spent one Christmas in prison.<\/p>\n

Emily recorded a CD but saw no success from it. Then, battled homelessness and eviction as she lived across three US states.\u00a0She has been living on the street since 2017 after being evicted from her apartment because of sharing the apartment with pigeons she had taken home with her. The pigeons have also come between Emily and her family from US who have repeatedly said that they are prepared to offer her a home but not her beloved birds, as Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

Recently, Emily suffered a fresh loss when her birth mother died aged 94.<\/p>\n

She was recognised as a musical prodigy, a violinist and singer who also played the piano, but never managed to realise her dreams.<\/p>\n

Now there is hope of change, as the director of her hometown Fine Arts School offered the 52-year-old classically-trained musician the chance to come back and teach music.<\/p>\n

More about her story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n