The Argentinean tenor, Rafael Montero, attended the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, where he studied Law and Singing at the Conservatorio Nacional. After he moved to Europe, where he studied early music at the Conservatoire de Musique de Neuchatel with Rosa Maria Meister. He sang in the Bach Verein Köln, in Cologne, Germany. Some scholarships led him to Italy and Spain, where he attended the "Curso Internacional de Música Española" with Isabel Penagos in Santiago de Compostela.
In 2008, Rafael Montero sang at the first BachFest Cochabamba, Bolivia under the direction of Elizabeth Schwimmer. He sang in many international festivals. In 2016, he created the first Ancient Music Festival in Jujuy, Argentina "Xuxuy Barroco", where he sung some J.S. Bach's Songs of the Schemellis Book and arias of cantatas with the Orquesta Infanto Juvenil de Jujuy.
Rafael Montero lives in Köln, Germany, where he also teaches singing and is coach for Latin American Ancient music. |