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The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires was founded
in 1981 by a group of young professional musicians who
had been working together for ten years as the vocal
group "9 de Cámara". Under the leadership
of Carlos López Puccio, the ensemble is today
considered the best chamber choir in Argentina, as shown
in the reviews accompanying this introduction. At present
the group
is comprised of 29 professionals -- musicians, singers,
conductors and educators -- who participate ad honorem.
One of the group's aims is to perform chamber choir
repertoire, especially those complex works not traditionally
tackled by amateurs. In the past they have devoted entire
concerts to composers such as Zoltán Kodály,
J. S. Bach and Johannes Brahms, and organized some performances
around the following themes: "Sacred Music of the
Spanish Renaissance", "20th Century French
Composers", "Contemporary American Composers",
"Late 19th Century German speaking Composers"
(Max Reger, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, etc.), Distler's
Mörike Chorliederbuch, 20th Century Sacred Music,
and a capella works by members of "les Six".
Recently they have performed some of the most significant
contemporary works, such as Ligeti's Lux Aeterna, Ejszaka
and Reggel, Magyar Etüdök and Drei Phantasien nach Friedrich Hölderlin; Goffredo Petrassi's Nonsense, Schönberg's
Friede auf Erden, Krzysztof Penderecki's Veni Creator,
Stabat Mater, De Profundis and Agnus Dei, Giacinto Scelsi's Gloria and Arvo Paart's Berliner
Messe and Magnificat. The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires
also performs works written especially for t he group
and their conductor by avant-garde Argentinian composers.
In 1987 the group made its Teatro Colón debut,
and they continue to perform there regularly, both a
capella and with orchestra. In 1996 they made presentations
in several cities in Spain, Belgium, Germany and France. In 2008 was invited to participate of the Musica Sacra Festival in Marktoberdorf, Germany.
The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires has participated
in several advanced choral interpretation courses offered
by Carlos López Puccio and María del Carmen
Aguilar at the Camping Musical Bariloche and also in
the frame of the America Cantat II (1996), an international
festival sponsored by the Choral Music International
Federation and the Choral Directors Association.
To date, the group's recordings include: Zoltan Kodaly's
a capella works, Tomás Luis de Victoria's Mass
O Quam Gloriosum est Regnum and Four-part Motets, Johannes
Brahms's Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52 and Zigeunerlieder, a CD on works by Contemporary American Composers, a collection of 4 CDs. recorded in concert: 1- Rautavaara / Pärt , 2: Poulenc / Gorecki / Bernstein / Hindemith, 3: Pizzetti / Tavener / Holst / Victoria,4: Messiaen / Elgar / Barber / Delius / Lauridsen and he DVD Catedral, recorded in concert together with the Camerata Bariloche
The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires was awarded first
prize in the National Choir Competition held in Buenos
Aires in 1983 and got both in 1999 and 2009 the Platinum Konex Prize,
given every 10 years to the best Chamber Ensemble of
the decade.
Members of the ESTUDIO CORAL DE BUENOS
AIRES
Director: Carlos
López Puccio
Assistant Director: María del Carmen Aguilar
Singers:
María del Carmen Aguilar, Lucila Blanc, Eduardo Boero
Rosana Bravo, Verónica Cánaves, Martín Caltabiano
Pablo Di Mario, Alejandro Di Nardo, Guillermo Dorá
Ana Escalada, Clodomiro Forn y Puig, Esteban Garreta
Pol Gonzalez , Ricardo Gonzalez Dorrego, Emiliano Linares
Gustavo Marega, Alejandra Miramon, Monica Moirano
Eduardo Monti, Emma Paz , Ada Palací
Diego Pietropaolo, Estela Poletti, Pablo Ravachini
Silvina Ravalli, Silvina Sadoly, Milagros Seijo
Ana Santorelli, Marcela Sotelano, PabloZartmann
Pianist on rehearsal: Diego Ruiz
Since 1981 until now, the Estudio Coral de Buenos
Aires interpreted a vast repertoire. Click
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Reviews on the Estudio Coral de Buenos
Aires
"No doubt Lopez Puccio's is, at present, the
best ensemble in our country."
C. Hernández Larguía, Revista La Nación,
07-15-84
"The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires is the best
chamber choir in Argentina."
Esteban Buch, Río Negro, 09-23-87
"...this ensemble ranks among the best of its
kind in the country."
Abel L. Rodríguez, La Capital, Rosario, 09-21-88
"...their name is virtually synonymous with the
best music."
Silvano Picchi, La Prensa, 08-22-85
"...being now the best choir in our country.
And no doubt they will be among the best in the world
once they start performing abroad."
Abel Lopez Iturbe, Ambito Financiero, 10-26-87
"López Puccio and his remarkable group
show the best desirable qualities in choir singing..."
Victor Bouilly, Tiempo Argentino, 08-23-86
"Through years of hard work, this group of 24
male and female
professional singers has become the best choir in Argentina..."
Martin Müller, La Nación, 10-13-87
"There was perfect balance of sound and style.
López Puccio never failed to convey force with
confident yet subtle gesture, and the singers showed
entire mastery of their voices."
Napoleón Cabrera, Clarín, 10-13-87
Now they are, undoubtedly, the best chamber choir
in our country."
Federico Monjeau, Página 12, 10-13-87
"The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires, an excellent
choir, and probably the best a capella group in Latin
America..."
Emilio A.. Stevanovitch, The Buenos Aires Herald,
11-06-88
"...Carlos López Puccio joue un rôle
important dans la diffusion de la musique ancienne et
contemporaine à la tête de son "Estudio
Coral de Buenos Aires". C'est précisement
ce dernier qui a livré la prestation la plus
solide de la soirée, sous la direction noble
et élégant de son chef "
Opera International, Paris, 07-88
"The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires is probably
the best choir in
Argentina... "
J. Botana Escudero, The Buenos Aires Herald, 10-19-89
"...founded in 1981, the Estudio Coral de Buenos
Aires is the most outstanding chamber choir in our country..."
Nuevo Sur, 10-02-89
"...throughout their career they have become
one of the most remarkable choirs in Argentina..."
La Razón, 10-25-89
"...No doubt, the best chamber choir in Argentina..."
R. S., Ambito Financiero, 08-30-90
"The audience at the opening of the 33rd Argentine
Mozarteum's "Conciertos del Mediodía"
could enjoy an excellent performance of the Estudio
Coral de Buenos Aires. The twenty-four male and female
voices created a special atmosphere and responded with
perfection to their conductor's confident gesture."
Hector Coda, La Nación, 05-08-92
"...Lopez Puccio, whose choir is the best in
Argentina..."
C. Carrizo, La Nueva Provincia, Bahía Blanca,
17-05-92
"...a group which, since their first performance
in Buenos Aires, some ten years ago, has always been
regarded as the best chamber choir in our country --a
title they have retained with ever increasing excellence."
Betty Von Brunow, Correo Musical Argentino, 05-92
"...The result can only be described as ideal.
Excellent voices --both as a group and in the solos--,
superb expressivity, perfect diction, and, in addition,
mastery of style and technique."
W. E. R., Argentinisches Tageblatt, 05-16-92
"...one of the best chamber choirs..."
Diego Fischerman, Página 12, 01-13-93
"The best choir in our country has driven Bariloche
into a frenzy. Carlos López Puccio is the best
choir conductor in Argentina..."
A. M., Bariloche, 02-10-93
"The Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires --a most suitable
name for this kind of ensemble-- is an unusual phenomenon
in our musical scene.... Their performances are the
expression of a long inner process, obviously aimed
at the finest interpretation, which seems to touch a
deep chord in every audience ..."
Federico Monjeau, Clarín, 09-29-93
"Carlos López Puccio, their conductor,
has become a popular figure due to his participation
in Les Luthiers. At the head of the Estudio Coral de
Buenos Aires--and formerly of "9 de Cámara"--,
his work may be less known, but his talent as the conductor
of the best choir in Argentina cannot be denied."
Ricardo Saltón, Ambito Financiero, 12-93
"...the Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires, founded
and shaped by López Puccio, is the ideal of a
choir."
Napoleón Cabrera, Clarín, 01-03-94
"...the most important chamber choir in our country:
the Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires."
Martín Liut, La Maga, 12-22-93
"...a wonderful performance which confirms that
this is one of the most important chamber choirs in
our country."
Diario de Cuyo, San Juan, 06-22-94
"Once again, the critics agree ... perfectly tuned
... excellent phrasing and balance, and wonderful expressivity."
Juan A. Petracchini, Nuevo Diario, San Juan, 06-24-94
"López Puccio is a great musician, and
his group, the Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires, is one
of the best of its kind..."
Felipe Vallesi, Mendoza, 07-10-94
"The Estudio Coral: the height of choral music.
This chamber group is among the best in our continent."
René Vargas Vera, La Nación, 10-30-94 |
