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" (National Academy of Arts Instructors) and at the "Centro Nacional de la Enseñanza Artística" (National Center for Artistic Teaching), 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 [FEDA] 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 [FESNOJIV, in Spanish], 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: Coral Antiphona. 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 [editar] Chamber Choir Cantat Vocal. V Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2009 [Prize for the best performance] 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 [Prize for the best performance] I Encuentro Coral de Música Sacra "Vox Clamantis.Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2010 VII Festival Un Canto en Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2011 [Prize for the best performance] 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 [Prize for the best performancen] XI Festival Un Canto en  Pascua. / Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2013. [Prize for the performancen] In April 2012 he was honored by the Coral Group Venezziola (Maracaibo, Venezuela) in the VIII Festival A Song At Easter and IV National Edition for its extensive and outstanding musical career.