Antiphona
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Antiphona is a Venezuela
n mixed choir, constituted by 24 singers.
From the moment of its foundation, Antiphona has promoted in Latin American and European scenarios the choral repertoire of all times, particularly working on contemporary choral music.
Antiphona Titular Conductor is Mtro. César Alejandro Carrillo
from 1995 to 2008. From 2010, Antiphona Titular Conductor is Mtro. César Alejandro Carrillo.
In its curricular path, Antiphona has performed in several scenarios in Bulgaria, Colombia, Cuba, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela.
Festivals:
Competitions:
Soprani 2
Alti 1
Alti 2
Tenori 1
Tenori 2
Baritoni
Bassi
Intruments
Maestro César Alejandro Carrillo
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n mixed choir, constituted by 24 singers.
From the moment of its foundation, Antiphona has promoted in Latin American and European scenarios the choral repertoire of all times, particularly working on contemporary choral music.
Antiphona Titular Conductor is Mtro. César Alejandro Carrillo
Biography
Coral Antiphona was created in 1995 by Mtro. Juan Belmonte, former conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Zulia, in Venezuela, with the purpose of having a stable group for the symphonic choral repertoire. In the present time, Antiphona acts as an nonprofit civil association of culture promotion. The choir has been conducted by Mtro. Juan Carlos BersagueJuan Carlos Bersague
Juan Carlos Bersague Chacón is a Choral Conductor and Conducting Professor in Venezuela, born at Havana, Cuba in 1963.In the present time he is the Titular Conductor of the Venezuelan vocal group Cantat Vocal.-Biography:...
from 1995 to 2008. From 2010, Antiphona Titular Conductor is Mtro. César Alejandro Carrillo.
In its curricular path, Antiphona has performed in several scenarios in Bulgaria, Colombia, Cuba, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela.
Festivals and Competitions
From a curricular point of view, Antiphona has participated in the following choir festivals and competitions.Festivals:
- V Festival Internacional de Coros de Santiago de Cuba / Santiago de CubaSantiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
, Cuba 1999. - II Festival de Coros Maracaibo un canto a Vos / MaracaiboMaracaiboMaracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...
, Venezuela 2001. - XX Aniversario del Festival de Coros de Álava / Vitoria-GasteizVitoria-GasteizVitoria-Gasteiz is the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain with a population of 235,661 people. It is the second largest Basque city...
, Spain 2001. - I Festival Mundial de Coros de Puebla / PueblaPueblaPuebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
, Mexico 2002. - VII Festival Internacional D´Canto / Isla de Margarita, Venezuela 2004. [Prize of the audience].
- III Festival de Coros de Cámara Cantarte / CaracasCaracasCaracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela 2004.
Competitions:
- I Concurso de Coros "Luis Soto Villalobos" / MaracaiboMaracaiboMaracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...
, Venezuela 1999. [First Prize] - III Competencia de Coros de Mérida / MéridaMérida, MéridaSantiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, Venezuela, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the principal cities of the Venezuelan Andes...
, Venezuela 2002. [First Prize in Polyphony & Second Prize in Folklore categories]. - XXXVII Certamen Internacional de Masas Corales / TolosaTolosa, SpainTolosa is a town and municipality to the south of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is located in a valley of the river Oria and overlooked by Uzturre, a white cross-topped mountain.-Famous people from Tolosa:...
, Spain 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 / TorreviejaTorreviejaTorrevieja is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in south-eastern Spain.Torrevieja lies about 30 miles south of the city of Alicante and has a population of 104,000...
, Spain 2006. [Third Prize in Habaneras Category & "Francisco Vallejos" Prize, for the best interpretation of a popular habanera]. - LV Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido d'Arezzo / ArezzoArezzoArezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
, Italy 2007. [Third Prize in the Polyphony Category]. - XXXVII Florilège Vocal de Tours / ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
, France 2008. - XXXI Международен майски хоров конкурс "Проф. Г. Димитров" (International May Choir Competition Prof. G. Dimitrov) / VarnaVarnaVarna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, Bulgaria 2009. [First Prize in Chamber Choirs Category]. - XXIV Bartók Béla Nemzetközi Kórusverseny (Béla Bartók International Choir Competition) / DebrecenDebrecenDebrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
, Hungary 2010. [Third Prize in Chamber Choirs Category].
Current members
Soprani 1- Johanna Chacín
- Valeria Pire
- Florannedig Ortiz
Soprani 2
- Zhara Flaviani
- Daniela Gonzalez
- Sara Gonzalez
Alti 1
- Lourdes Franco
- Maria Isabel Salas
- Khiara Flaviani
Alti 2
- Migdali Herrison
- Danybel Villamizar
- Estefania Lopez
Tenori 1
- Alexis Garrido
- Keinel Aparicio
- Andrés Montilla
Tenori 2
- Hender Paz
- Deivis Herrera
Baritoni
- Hender García
- Daniel Villamizar
- Juan Diego Pire
Bassi
- Guillermo Nava
- Neldenis Montiel
- Javier Briceño
Intruments
- Héctor Eduardo Silva (Cuatro)
Maestro César Alejandro Carrillo