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FIRST WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA- MEXICO 2000
Participant choirs:
ARGENTINA: Choir of the University of El Salvador of Buenos Aires
Director: Ricardo Sidelnik
COLOMBIA: “Madrigal” Choir of Barranquilla
Director: Eduardo Franco
SPAIN: “Santa Cecilia” Choir of the Superior Conservatory of Music of Alicante
Director: Jaime Ripoll Martíns
FRANCE: “Them Deux Solels” Chorale
Director: Stella Flauto
POLAND: Academic choir “Art” of the University of Olsztyn
Director: Benedykt Blonski
PORTUGAL: “Vox Laci ” Choir
Director: Mygel Santos
PUERTO RICO: “Caribbean Orfeon ”
Director: Axel Augusto Trinidad
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: “Matisses” Vocal group of Santo Domingo
Director: Pura Tyson
URUGUAY: Vocational Group Cardona
Director: Wladimir Schneiderman
VENEZUELA: “Antíphona” Choir of Maracaibo
Director: Juan Carlos Bersague
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
SECOND WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 20
Participant choirs:
ARGENTINA: “Canon” Choir of Buenos Aires
Director: Maximiliano Mancuso
AUSTRIA: “Vokalissimo” Choir of Lienz
Director: Mathias Thum
SLOVAKIA: “Mixed Choir of Zilina ”
Director: Stefan Sedlicky
SLOVENIA: Academic Choir “France Preseren” of Kranj
Director: Primoz Kerstanj
SPAIN: “Alaitz” Choir of Vitoria
Director: Basilio Astúlez
THE PHILIPPINES: “The UST Singers ” from Manila
Director: Fidel Calalang Jr.
GREECE: “Municipal Choir ” of Arnea
Director: Basilios Kokaliaris
ITALY: “Max Reger ” Choir of Trieste
Director: Adriano Martinolli
MALAYSIA: “Seremban Chung Hua Alumni Choir ”
Director: Chew Hock Ping
PORTUGAL: “Chamber Choir of the University of Lisbon ”
Director: José Robert
CZECH REPUBLIC: “Choir of the University of Ostrava”
Director: Lumír Pivovarski
VENEZUELA: “Raymundo Pereira ” Choir of Calabozo
Director: Zyra María González Monterrey
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
THIRD WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2002
Participant choirs:
GERMANY: Junges Vokalensemble, Hannover
Director: Klaus Juergen Etzold
CHILE: Choir of the Playa Ancha University, Valparaiso
Director: Carlos Hernández Silva
COLOMBIA: Comfenalco Santander Chorale, Bucaramanga
Director: Luz Helena Peñaranda López
THE UNITED STATES: “Chamber Singers”, Irvine, California
Director: Josheph Huszti
LITUANIA: Feminine choir “Virgo”, of the University of Vilnius
Director: Rasa Gelgotiene
POLAND: Choir of the Technical University of Gdansk
Director: Mariusz Mróz
PORTUGAL: Choir of Letters of the University of Oporto
Director: José Luis Borges Coelho
MEXICO: Choir of the UNAM
Director: Gabriel Saldívar
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
FOURTH WORLD CORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2003
Participant choirs:
ARGENTINA: Municipal Choir of Brandsen
Director: Maximiliano Mancuso
THE UNITED STATES: Men in Black
Director: Joseph Huszti
THE PHILIPPINES: Saringhimig
Director: George Hernández
FRANCE: Mikrokosmos
Director: Loîc Pierre
SOUTH KOREA: Feminine Choir of Daegu
Director: Jea-Joon Lee
HUNGARY: Bela Bartok Choir
Director: Tamas Hornyák
PORTUGAL: Polyphonic Choir of Almada
Director: Joao Baptista Branco
YUGOSLAVIA: Academic Collegium Musicum of Belgrade
Directora: Darinka Matic-Marovic
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
FIFTH WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2004
Participant choirs:
SPAIN: “Aizaga Chamber Choir” of Pamplona
Directora: Silvia Osés Pagola
THE PHILIPPINES: “The UST Singers” of Manila
Director: Fidel Calalang Jr.
ITALY: “Santa Cecilia Polyphonic Association” of Sassari
Director: Gabriele Verdinelli
POLAND: “Scholares Minores pro Antiqua Music” of Poniatowa
Directors: Danuta and Witold Danielewicz
PORTUGAL: “Chamber Choir of Lisbon”
Directora: Teresita Gutiérrez Márques
CZECH REPUBLIC: “Mixed Choir of Silesia” of Ostrawa
Director: Mgr. Jan Spisar
SERB AND MONTENEGRO: “Obilic” Choir of Belgrade
Directora: Darinka Matic-Marovic
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
SIXTH WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2005
Participant choirs:
BRAZIL: Habeas Cantus Choir, of Brasilia
Director: Marco AB Coutinho
COLOMBIA: Vocal Camerata of Medellín
Director: Mauricio Balbín Pérez
ECUADOR: Choir of the ESPOL, Guayaquil
Director: Byron Sotomayor
THE UNITED STATES: Choir of the University of Millersville, Pennsylvania
Director: Buddy James
LITUANIA: Academic Choir of the University of Vilnius
Director: Rasa Gelgotiene
POLAND: Continuous Choir, of Sopot
Director: Anna Fiebig
CZECH REPUBLIC: Student Choir of Orlova
Director: Petra Rasikova
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
SEVENTH WORLD-WIDE FESTIVAL OF CHOIRS PUEBLA-MÉXICO 2006
Participant choirs:
BRAZIL: Madrigal Choir, of Brasilia
Director: Éder Camúzis
CROATIA: Masculine Vocal Ensemble Klapa Kastav
Director: Saša Matovina
ECUADOR: Pichincha Choir, of Quito
Director: Cecilia Sánchez
SPAIN: Choir of the University of the Vasco Country
Director: Enrique Azurza
THE UNITED STATES: Claremont Chorale
Director: Gregory Norton
GUATEMALA: Choir Threads of Silver
Director: Miguel Angel Sian García
MEXICO: Vocal Octet of the Mexican Institute of Culture
Director: Alfredo Elías López
VENEZUELA: SIDOR Chorale
Director: Erasmo Bejas
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
EIGHTH WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2007
Participant choirs:
ARGENTINA: Vivace Choir of Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Director: Maximiliano Mancuso
KOREA: Pilgrim Mission Choir
Director: Jae-Joon Lee
CUBA: Chamber Choir Vocal Leo
Director: Corina Campos Morales
ECUADOR: Choir of the University of Guayaquil
Director: Fernando Gil Estrada
LITUANIA: Promusic Choir of Vilnius
Director: Rasa Gelgotiene
POLAND: Scholares Minores pro Antiqua Music
Directors: Danuta and Witold Danielewicz
VENEZUELA: Choir of Workers of the University of the Andes ULA
Director: Luis Romero
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
NINTH WORLD CHORAL FESTIVAL OF PUEBLA-MEXICO 2008
Participant choirs:
THE UNITED STATES: Californian State University East Bay Singers
Director: Buddy James
LITUANIA: Aukuras Choir
Director: Alfonsas Vildžiūnas
POLAND: Choir of the Catholic University Juan Pablo II, of Lublin
Director: Grzegorz Pecka
SERB: Choir of the Academy Collegium Musicum of Belgrade
Director: Darinka Matic-Marovic
URUGUAY: Aurora Choral of Montevideo
Director: Rosmarie Rodríguez
VENEZUELA: Municipal Choir Luis Laguna
Director: Roberto Marín
Normalista Choir and Symphonic Orchestra of Puebla
Director: Jorge Altieri Hernández
