Bach Santiago (Choir & Orchestra)

Founded: 2018 - Santiago, Chile

Fulfilling a dream treasured for decades, on Sunday July 15, 2018, at the Iglesia Luterana El Redentor in Santiago, Chile, the Bach Santiago enterprise began a great journey, which will compromise their work for more than six years: interpreting the integral of the Cantatas by J.S. Bach, one of the most extraordinary musical corpus in universal art.

Many are the companions of the route that for more than 30 years have listened to this yearning, in the middle of trips, courses, workshops, tours, rehearsals and concerts. Possibly incredulous, his eyes never stopped shining, at such an occurrence..

Today they begin, with the conviction that Chilean singers, instrumentalists, vocal ensembles and choirs are ripe to face the task. Our conservatories, music schools and our national programs: Growing up Singing, FOJI and the public, have paved the way.

The primary and advanced musical studies programs have never stopped considering J.S. Bach as one of the bases of the training of performers and composers. He always collaborates and indicates the way in his encyclopedic eagerness to tackle all the possibilities of the contrapunct, the instrumentation and the singing, establishing the techniques of musical learning, from a beginning child, to the professional musician.

It will be a beautiful and long day, full of musical challenges and economic uncertainties. They will ensure that there are always the experienced and the advanced students, those from inside and those from outside Chile, those from 415 and those from 440. That Bach Santiago is a place of meeting and academic and artistic welcome for all of us who love this inexhaustible legacy.

Members of Coro Bach Santiago (2018-2023):

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Andrea Aguilar
Virginia Barrios
María José Brañes
Fanny Becerra
Claudia Figueroa
Molly Flanagan
Pilar Garrido
Francia Gómez
Melisa Gómez
Soledad Mayorga
Micaela Morales
Florencia Nuvoa
Paloma Reyes
Vanessa Rojas
Denise Torre

Camila Aguilera
Cecilia Barrientos
Javiera Barrios
Fernanda Carter
Javiera Lara
Andrea Manque
Catalina Menares
José Muñoz
Víctor Muñoz
Ana Navarro
Elena Pérez
Evelyn Ramírez
Valentina Salinas
María José Uribarri
Karen Vásquez

Martín Aurra
Brayan Ávila
Felipe Catalán
Emilio Espinoza
Ricardo Gálvez
Felipe Gutiérrez
Sebastián Inostroza
Nicolás Noguchi
Israel Olivares
Rodrigo del Pozo
Gonzalo Quinchahual

Diego Amengual
Diego Arellano
Javier Arrey
Pablo Castillo
Christian Castro
Ismael Correa
Diego Delpiano
Alfredo Díaz
David Gáez
Cristián Moya
Camilo Olguín
Franco Oportus
Patricio Sabaté
Pablo Santa Cruz
Christian Senn
Nicolás Suazo

Members of Orquesta Bach Santiago (2018-2022):

Violins: David Núñez, Marcelo Pérez, Sebastián Acevedo, Gonzalo Beltrán, Eduardo Browne, Yvanka Milosevic, Marcelo Pérez, Juan Manuel Vásquez, Ramiro Vera
Violas: Mariel Godoy, Javier Reyes, Richard Urbina
Violonchelos: Sebastián Mercado, María Gabriela Olivares, Francisca Reyes
Double-bass: Egon Hoffmann
Flutes: Natalia Martorell
Oboes: Leonardo Cuevas, Pascal Montenegro, Camila Morales, José Luis Urquieta, Diego Villela
Bassoon: Alevi Peña
Trumpets: Gustavo Oliveros, Felipe Painean, Hermes Quintanilla
Timpani: Gerardo Salazar
Continuo: Sebastián Camaño, Edgardo Campos, Francisca Reyes (Cello), Verónica Sierralta, Juan Cristóbal Undurraga (Organ)

Connected Ensembles:

Orquesta Barroca Nuevo Mundo
Orquesta Marga Marga

Concerts in Bach Santiago Cantata Series:

[BS-1] Jul 15, 2018: Conductor: Víctor Alarcón; Works: BWV 84, BWV 54, BWV 4
[BS-2] Jul 22, 2018: Conductor: Víctor Alarcón; Works: BWV 187, BWV 44, BWV 23
[BS-3] Aug 5, 2018: Conductor: Víctor Alarcón; Works: BWV 159, BWV 166, BWV 22
[BS-4] Aug 26, 2018: Conductor: Víctor Alarcón; Works: BWV 121, BWV 155, BWV 64
[BS-5] Sep 2, 2018: Conductor: Víctor Alarcón; Works: BWV 61, BWV 51, BWV 70
[BS-6] Apr 21, 2019: Conductor: unknown; Works: BWV 31, BWV 66, BWV 50
[BS-7] May 5, 2019: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 196, BWV 199, BWV 156
[BS-8] Jun 2, 2019: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 49, BWV 152, BWV 170
[BS-9] Jun 23, 2019: Conductor: unknown: Works: BWV 185, BWV 153, BWV 132
[BS-10] Jul 21, 2019: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 32, BWV 58, BWV 57
[BS-11] Aug 4, 2019: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 158, BWV 82, BWV 56
[BS-12] Sep 1, 2019: Conductor: unknown; Works: BWV 55, BWV 157, BWV 151, BWV 165
[BS-13] Oct 6, 2020: Conductor: Luis José Recart Echenique; Works: BWV 131, BWV 150, BWV 12
[BS-14] Nov 29, 2020: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 161, BWV 184, BWV 173
[BS-15] Dec 13, 2020: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky;Works: BWV 33, BWV 2, BWV 108
[BS-16] Dec 27, 2020: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 36, BWV 154, BWV 37
[BS-17] Jan 10, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 35, BWV 104, BWV 28
[BS-18] Jan 24, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 16, BWV 14, BWV 147
[BS-19] Aug 1, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 90, BWV 162, BWV 230
[BS-20] Aug 22, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 168, BWV 86, BWV 85
[BS-21] Sep 12, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 59, BWV 21
[BS-22] Oct 3, 2021: Conductor: Alejandro Reyes; Works: BWV 39, BWV 13, BWV 81
[BS-23] Oct 24, 2021: Conductor: Paula Torres; Works: BWV 38, BWV 93, BWV 7
[BS-24] Jan 23, 2022: Conductor: Alejandro Reyes; Works: BWV 105, BWV 89, BWV 10
[BS-25] Dec 5, 2021: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 29, BWV 137, BWV 171
[BS-26] May 13, 2022: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 116, BWV 124, BWV 60, BWV 136
[BS-27] Aug 7, 2022: Conductor: Rodrigo del Pozo; Works: BWV 47, BWV 167, BWV 181
[BS-28] Aug 28, 2022: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 11, BWV 192, BWV 34
[BS-29] Sep 25, 2022: Conductor: David Núñez; Works: BWV 99, BWV 67, BWV 115
[BS-30] Oct 23, 2022: Conductor: Gerard Ramos Pardo; Works: BWV 27, BWV 109, BWV 62
[BS-31] Jan 22, 2023: Conductor: Ola Rudner; Works: BWV 110, BWV 129, BWV 130
[BS-32] Mar 12, 2023: Conductor: Miguel Ángel Muñoz; Works: BWV 127, BWV 18, BWV 182
[BS-33] May 14, 2023: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 146, BWV 103
[BS-34] Jun 4, 2023: Conductor: Pedro-Pablo Prudencio; Works:: BWV 176, BWV 135, BWV 194
[BS-35] Aug 27, 2023: Conductor: Rodrigo del Pozo; Works: BWV 179, BWV 94
[BS-36] Oct 1, 2023: Conductor: Gerard Ramos Pardo; Works: BWV 106, BWV 198
[BS-37] Oct 22, 2023: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 169, BWV 98, BWV 48
[BS-38] Nov 19, 2023: Conductor: Felipe Ramos Taky; Works: BWV 52, BWV 26, BWV 79

Sources:
Bach Santiago program 2019, English translastion by Aryeh Oron (July 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2020, August 2022, March 2023, September 2023, December 2023)

Víctor Alarcón: Short Biography | Ensembles: Ensamble Concerto Vocale | Cuarteto Surkos | Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Miguel Ángel Muñoz: Short Biography | Ensembles: Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

David Núñez: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Rodrigo del Pozo: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Gerard Ramos Pardo: Short Biography | Ensembles: Coro de Cámara UC, Santiago | Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Pedro-Pablo Prudencio: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Alejandro Reyes: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Ola Rudner: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Felipe Ramos Taky: Short Biography | Ensembles: Bach Santiago
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

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