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LOS ANGELES — A homeless woman whose angelic singing in a Los Angeles subway was captured on video is being offered praise and help.
The video was posted on the LAPD’s Twitter account with the caption: “4 million people call LA home. 4 million stories. 4 million voices…sometimes you just have to stop and listen to one, to hear something beautiful.”
The video has been viewed more than 800,000 times.
Zamourka, 52, told the Los Angeles Times that she came to the United States at age 24 from Russia, where she learned violin and piano. She lived and worked in Missouri and in Washington state, where she offered piano lessons.
Zamourka said in 2005, she suffered serious health problems from a failing pancreas and liver and had to be hospitalized. She eventually returned to teaching music in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale and played violin on the streets for extra money.
Zamourka Said She Fell Behind on Rent and Was Evicted
But several years ago, the violin, which Zamourka said was worth thousands of dollars, was snatched and broken.
“It was my income,” Zamourka told KNBC-TV. “It was everything to me.”
Zamourka told KABC-TV that she played an electric violin for a while until someone pushed her off a bus and fractured her wrist.
Zamourka said she fell behind on rent and was evicted.
“I am sleeping actually on the cardboard right now, in the parking lot,” she said. “I am sleeping where I can sleep … I have people that feel sorry for me, but I don’t want to be a burden to anybody.”
Without her violin, Zamourka took to singing for a living in addition to receiving $400 a month in government aid, the Times said.
Zamourka has no classical training, but she told the Times she used to imitate opera singers as a child in Russia.
4 million people call LA home. 4 million stories. 4 million voices…sometimes you just have to stop and listen to one, to hear something beautiful. pic.twitter.com/VzlmA0c6jX
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) September 27, 2019
One GoFundMe Account Is Dedicated to Buying Her a New Instrument
She likes the acoustics of the subway tunnels.
“You know why I do it in the subway?” Zamourka told KNBC-TV. “Because it sounds so great.”
One GoFundMe account is dedicated to buying her a new instrument.
Meanwhile, after Zamourka’s performance went viral, people have moved to help her find long-term housing.
City Councilman Joe Buscaino’s office is paying Zamourka to perform Saturday evening at the opening of Little Italy, an area in San Pedro celebrating Italian heritage.
People also have been stopping in the subway to photograph her or give her kind words.
The support and recognition are “a miracle,” Zamourka said.
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