Antiphona
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| Coral Antiphona | |
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 Coral Antiphona at Tolosa Choir Competition (Spain)
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| Origin | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| Years active | 1995 - today |
| Website | http://www.coralantiphona.com |
Antiphona is a Venezuelan vocal group, constituted by 20 singers, founded in 1995. From the moment itself of its foundation, Coral Antiphona has been promoting in Latin American and European scenarios the choral repertoire of all times: from Renaissance to romanticism, from baroc to contemporary music.
Coral Antiphona's Titular Conductor is Maestro Juan Carlos Bersague Chacón
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[edit] Biography
Coral Antiphona is born in the Orquesta Sinfónica del Zulia, in Venezuela, in 1995.
It has been founded by Maestro Juan Belmonte, former conductor of the Orchestra, with the purpose of having a stable group for the symphonic choral repertoire. Nowadays Coral Antiphona is an independent Civil Association of culture promotion.
Its Titular Conductor is Maestro Juan Carlos Bersague. Together with him, in the staff, there are the Associated Conductor, maestro Franklin Pire; the vocal technics professor, maestra Linda Marín Carpio; and the Venezuelan music strumentist, maestro Wilmer Pelayo.
Coral Antiphona has performed in several scenarios in Colombia, Cuba, Italy, Mexico Spain (including Basque Country and Catalonia) and Venezuela.
[edit] Festivals and Competitions
Through its over 10 years of musical history, Coral Antiphona has participated in several choral festivals and competitions.
About the festivals:
- V Festival Internacional de Coros de Santiago de Cuba / Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 1999.
- II Festival de Coros Maracaibo un canto a Vos / Maracaibo, Venezuela 2001.
- XX Aniversario del Festival de Coros de Álava / Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spagna 2001.
- I Festival Mundial de Coros de Puebla / Puebla, Messico 2002.
- VII Festival Internacional D´Canto / Isola di Margherita, Venezuela 2004. [Prize of the audience].
- III Festival de Coros de Cámara Cantarte / Caracas, Venezuela 2004.
About the competitions:
- I Concurso de Coros “Luis Soto Villalobos” / Maracaibo, Venezuela 1999. [First Prize]
- III Competencia de Coros de Mérida / Mérida, Venezuela 2002. [First Prize in Polyphony & Second Prize in Folklore].
- XXXVII Certamen Internacional de Masas Corales / Tolosa, Spagna 2005.
- XXIV Festival-Certamen Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs / Cantonigròs, Spain. 2006. [First Prize in the Mixed Choirs Category & First Prize in the Popular Music Category].
- LII Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía / Torrevieja, Spain 2006. [Third Prize in Habaneras Category and "Francisco Vallejos" Prize, for the best interpretation of a popular habanera].
- LV Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido d'Arezzo / Arezzo, Italy 2007. [Third Prize in the Polyphony Category].
[edit] Juan Carlos Bersague Chacón
Juan Carlos Bersague Chacón is born at La Habana, Cuba. He took a degree in Choral Conducting at the renomed 'Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (National Academy of Arts Instructors) and at the Centro Nacional de la Enseñanza Artística (National Center for Artistic Teaching), both in La Habana, with the maestros Mayda Martínez and María Felicia Pérez.
He has been one of the founder members of the famous cuban choral group EXAUDI, conducted by Maestra María Felicia Pérez. With EXAUDI, he has performed in Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Hungary and Venezuela. In Venezuela, he conducted the Children's Choir Niños Cantores del Zulia of Maracaibo, Venezuela, from 1994 to 2005. Nowadays he works as a coordinator in the Vocal Area at the Faculty of Arts and Music of the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta, in Maracaibo. Moreover, he teaches Choral Conducting at the Experimental Faculty of Arts [FEDA] of the Universidad del Zulia and conducts the Academical Choir at the Conservatory of Music “José Luis Paz” in Maracaibo, where he also teaches Choral Practic from 1997.
[edit] Current members
- Johanna Chacín (Soprano 1)
- Valeria Pire (Soprano 1)
- Katherin Reyes (Soprano 1)
- Florannedig Ortiz (Soprano 2)
- Zhara Flaviani (Soprano 2)
- Lourdes Franco (Alto 1)
- Maria Isabel Salas (Alto 1)
- Migdali Herrison (Alto 2)
- Danybel Villamizar (Alto 2)
- Alexis Garrido (Tenor 1)
- Keynel Aparicio (Tenor 1)
- Willian Muñoz (Tenor 1)
- Hender Paz (Tenor 2)
- Deivis Herrera (Tenor 2)
- Andrés Montilla (Tenor 2)
- Hender García (Baritone)
- Daniel Villamizar (Baritone)
- Javier Briceño (Bass)
- Guillermo Nava (Bass)
- Neldenis Montiel (Bass)
