Juan 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

He took a degree in Choral Conducting at the renomed Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte and at the Centro Nacional de la Enseñanza Artística, both in Havana, with Mtros. Mayda Martínez and María Felicia Pérez.
He has been one of the founder members of the famous Cuban chamber choir EXAUDI, conducted by his professor María Felicia Pérez. With EXAUDI, he has performed in Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Venezuela.
In Venezuela, Mtro. Bersague has conducted Niños Cantores del Zulia Children's Choir from 1994 to 2005, and Coral Antiphona Chamber Choir from 1995 to 2008. Nowadays he is appointed to manage the Vocal Area at the Arts and Music's Faculty of the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta, in Maracaibo. Moreover, he teaches Choral Conducting at the Arts's Experimental Faculty of the Universidad del Zulia, and he conducts the Academical Choir at the Conservatory of Music "José Luis Paz" in Maracaibo, where he also teaches Choral Practice since 1997.
In the beginning of 2009, Juan Carlos Bersague founded Cantat Vocal Chamber Choir. From that moment on Mtro. Bersague works as its Titular Conductor.
In the present time, Mtro. Bersague is also the Titular Conductor for the Western part or the country of the Symphonic Choir of the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela , better known as El Sistema.

Exaudi Chamber Choir

Conducted by Maestra Maria Felicia Pérez, and as a founder member of the Cuban EXAUDI Chamber Choir, he participated and obtained several prizes in the following Choral Competitions:
Since 1995 until October 2008, Juan Carlos Bersague worked full-time as the Titular Conductor of the Venezuelan Coral Antiphona Chamber Choir, participating and obtaining several prices in choral festivals and competitions in Venezuela and abroad.
Festivals as:
And competitions as:
Coro de Cámara Cantat Vocal

Chamber Choir Cantat Vocal

V Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2009
Festival “Canticum Novum” Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela 2010
VII Festival Regional de Coros y Grupos Polifónicos “Un canto al Bicentenario” Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela 2010
VI Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2010
I Encuentro Coral de Música Sacra "Vox Clamantis.Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2010
VII Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2011
II Encuentro Coral de Música Sacra "Vox Clamantis.Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2011
I Concurso Internacional de Coros AMERIDE. San Lorenzo, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil 2011
VIII Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2012
XI Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2013.
In April 2012 he was honored by the Coral Group Venezziola in the VIII Festival A Song At Easter and IV National Edition for its extensive and outstanding musical career.