SAN JUAN CANTA 2023, International Choir Competition & Festival, was held in San Juan, Argentina, from June 15 to 20, 2023.

It was a festival and choral competition for adult, mixed, female, male, and chamber choirs. Children's and youth choirs are also welcome.

A circuit of concerts was prepared in the Juan Victoria Auditorium and in various concert halls, museums and other cultural spaces in the city and neighboring departments.

CHOIRS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS EDITION:

Host and organizer: Coro Arturo Beruti. San Juan, Argentina.
Coro Contemporâneo de Campinas. Campinas, Brasil
Coro Cuerda x Cuerda. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coro de la Universidad de Talca. Talca, Chile
Coro de Mujeres de Morón. Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coro del Fin del Mundo. Ushuaia, Argentina
Coro del INSPT de la UTN. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ensamble Vocal Camara XXI. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ensamble Vocal Quodlibet. Santiago, Chile
Grupo Vocal Vox Anima. La Plata, Argentina
Tous Ensemble. La Plata, Argentina

WINNERS

UNIVERSAL CHORAL REPERTOIRE CATEGORY:

• First Prize Government of San Juan: VOCAL ENSEMBLE CHAMBER XXI - Director: Miguel Angel Pesce.
• Second Prize Arturo Beruti: CAMPINAS CONTEMPORARY CHOIR - Director: Angelo Fernandes.


POPULAR, FOLK AND/OR TRADITIONAL CHORAL MUSIC CATEGORY:

• First Prize Government of San Juan: VOCAL ENSEMBLE CHAMBER XXI - Director: Miguel Angel Pesce.
• Second Prize Arturo Beruti Choir: TOUS ENSEMBLE - Director: Emiliano Linares.

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

• TO TOUS ENSEMBLE, for their outstanding interpretation of "Oiga compae" by César Alejandro Carrillo.
• A CAMARA XXI VOCAL ENSEMBLE, for its outstanding interpretation of "Occhi del mio cor vita" by Carlo Gesualdo.

RECOGNITION:

• To the QUODLIBET VOCAL ENSEMBLE and its director, Emilio Espinoza Alvarado, for his outstanding artistic potential.

WORKSHOPS

"School Choirs" by Prof. Liliana Sánchez and Mag. Ricardo Mansilla.
"Introduction to Braille Musicography" by Prof. Eduardo J. Sasiaín Huertas.

EXTENSION CONCERTS

SAN JUAN CANTA and Coro Arturo Beruti thank schools, museums, churches and the people involved, who generously opened their spaces to offer more than 20 extension concerts in the City and surroundings:

EPET N° 5
Colegio Secundario Cacique Angaco
Escuela Gral. Ing. E. Mosconi
Colegio Nac. Dr. O. Cabrera
Escuela Normal Sup. San Martín
Colegio SSmo. Sacramento Barrio Camus
Escuela Cap. de Fragata Moyano
EPET N° 1 de Albardón
EPET Ing. Rogelio Boero
ENERC Sede Cuyo
Nico Hidalgo Montilla
Colegio Fray Mamerto Esquiú
ClubSocial-SanJuan
Casa Natal de Sarmiento - Museo Nacional
Centro Cultural Estación San Martín
Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen-Los Berros
Cultura y Turismo Capital San Juan
María Marcela Zegaib
Stella Mas
María De Belen Montilla
Cristina Del Carmen López
Ministerio de Turismo y Cultura San Juan
Rómulo Ariel Cámpora Rey
...and the entire community of the Province.

Jurors, lecturers & professors:

DR. T. J. HARPER (USA) - PROF. NAOMI FARAN (Israel) - DR. JEFFREY D. FRANCOM (USA) - DR. JULIO MORETZSOHN (Brazil) - PROF. RICARDO PORTILLO (Argentina)
PROF. LILIANA SÁNCHEZ - MAG. RICARDO MANSILLA - PROF. EDUARDO J. SASIAIN HUERTAS