Ethel Afamado's musical background includes studies of violin, bassoon, singing, guitar, and composition. She has taken theater courses with and Jorge Triador. Particularly interested in traditional
Sephardic music, she has compiled material and given several recitals to showcase these old songs. She has created music for over 100 poems by Uruguayan and Hispanoamerican authors, performing numerous recitals in song with guitar accompaniment. Afamado has also composed songs for plays, including those by
Cervantes,
Florencio Sánchez, and
Federico García Lorca. From 1987 to 1997 she presented her recital
Canción e imagen as a soloist with her sister
Gladys Afamado. She has presented, among others, the recitals
Mujeres, sus voces, en mi voz,
Caminos de la palabra, and
Canciones para sentir. She performed the show titled
Canto y poesía alongside actress , and
Mujeres sus voces nuestra voz with poet Lourdes Peruchena. In 1993 she participated in the poet 's
Ágape cassette, with three of his musicalizations. In 1997 she again took part in
Ágape, this time released on disc. The poems were musicalized or recited by a large number of national artists, including ,
Dahd Sfeir,
Estela Medina,
Antonio Larreta, , , Gonzalo Ruiz, Enrique Rodríguez Viera, and . ==Awards and recognition==