PARTICIPATING CHOIRS

Host Choir: Coro Arturo Beruti. Conductor: Maria Elina Mayorga. San Juan, Argentina

FESTIVAL:

• Camerata Vocal Córdoba is a choir based in Córdoba, Argentina, conducted by José Rodrigo Varillas.
• Cantares Female Choir is a choir based in Brasilia, Brazil, conducted by Eder Camuzis.
• Vox Populi Project is a choir based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, conducted by Julio Cesar Morales Pineda.
• Vox Prima - Vocal Ensemble is a choir based in Mendoza, Argentina, conducted by Ricardo Portillo.


COMPETITION:

• Ad Libitum Choir Association is a choir based in Rosario, Argentina, conducted by María del Luján Perotti.
• Gloriana Choir is a choir based in Santa Fe, Argentina, conducted by Rodrigo Asselborn.
• The Choir of the Most Holy Redeemer School is a choir based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, directed by Debora Maccarone.
• GICBA, Choral Interpretation Group of Buenos Aires is a choir based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducted by Juan Martin Picarel.
• Incantare Women’s Choir is a choir based in Cordoba, Argentina, conducted by Natalia Vadillo.
• Female Choir Pneuma is a choir based in Santiago de Chile, Chile, conducted by Paula Elgueta Sierra.
• The Portland State Chamber Choir is a choir based in Portland, United States, conducted by Ethan Sperry.
• Vocal Consonante is a choir based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducted by Eduardo Ferraudi.



WINNERS

COMPETITION - Universal Choral Repertoire Category:

• First Prize GOVERNMENT OF SAN JUAN: Incantare Female Choir. Director Natalia Vadillo. Cordoba Argentina.
• ARTURO BERUTI Second Prize: The Portland State Chamber Choir. Director: Ethan Sperry - Portland, Oregon, USA

COMPETITION - Popular, Folk and/or Traditional Choral Music Category:

• First Prize CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OF SAN JUAN: Incantare, female choir. Director Natalia Vadillo. Cordoba Argentina.
• Second Prize: The Portland State Chamber Choir Director Ethan Sperry - Portland, Oregon, USA
• ADICORA Award (Association of Choir Directors of the Argentine Republic) for the best artistic performance, open to all participating conductors: Eduardo Ferraudi

GRAND PRIX:

• First Prize GRAND PRIX SAN JUAN SINGS: Incantare, female choir. Director Natalia Vadillo. Cordoba Argentina.
• Second Prize GRAND PRIX SAN JUAN SINGS: The Portland State Chamber Choir. Director: Ethan Sperry - Portland, Oregon, USA

Award for the Choir with the most votes by the public, awarded by the Banco San Juan Foundation: Incantare Coro Femenino. Director Natalia Vadillo. Cordoba Argentina.

ADDITIONALLY, THE JURY AWARDED TWO SPECIAL MENTIONS:

• To Eduardo Ferraudi for his contribution to Latin American choral music through his choral versions.
• To Paula Elgueta Sierra for the correct criteria in selecting her repertoire.

IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE, THE JURY INVITED THE FOLLOWING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GALA CONCERT:

• Vox Prima Vocal Ensemble, directed by Ricardo Portillo (Mendoza, Argentina)
• GICBA Choral Interpretation Group of Buenos Aires directed by Juan Martín Picarel (for the Universal Choral Repertoire category)
• Consonant Vocal directed by Eduardo Ferraudi (for the Popular, Folkloric and/or Traditional Choral Music category)

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC STIMULUS AWARD:

The winners of the first and second prize ejoyed an additional artistic prize: they have had their participation with accepted and guaranteed income in the contests associated with San Juan Canta. Learn more >

EXTENSION CONCERTS:

Performed in various schools, museums and cultural spaces in the city and surroundings.

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:

Hugo de la Vega: "Argentine musical geography"
Julio César Morales Pineda: "The Choral Arrangement Through Mexican Popular Music"
Guillermo Pellicer: "The Choir in the Classroom".

JURORS:

Dr. T. J. Harper (President, USA) - Joshua Habermann (USA) - David Ramírez (Costa Rica) - Felipe Ramos Taky (Chile) - Lourdes Sánchez (Venezuela)

LECTURERS & PROFESSORS:

Hugo de la Vega (Argentina) - Julio César Morales Pineda (México) - Guillermo Pellicer (Argentina)