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The Coro Estable de Rosario (= CER) is a non-profit Civil Association, of a Vocational nature, which does not receive subsidies, official or private. Declared a National and Municipal Public Welfare Entity.
Founded on October 6, 1942, its first director was Ricardo Engelbrecht. From 1946 to 2011, Maetro Cristián Hernández Larguía took over the direction. From 2012 to 2015 the CER was in charge of Professor Sandra Alvarez; from 2016 to 2018, Maestro Mario Aria was Interim Director; and since 2019, Maestro Jesús Ramiro Chinetti is the Principal Director.
In 1955 the CER organized the 1st Festival de Coros de Rosario, and in later years, Provincial, National and International Festivals. In 1961, the CER created the Grupo de Niños del Coro Estable de Rosario, directed by Cristián Hernández Larguía and Amanda Aliana, thus initiating the training of children in choral singing. In 1962 it created the Grupo Juvenil del Coro Estable de Rosario, directed by María Eugenia Barbarich, giving continuity to the work begun in 1961 and completing the formation of a choir school for the Adult Group.
In 1964, the CER, which had already obtained the 1st Prize at the Concurso Nacional de Coros organized by the Collegium Musicum de Buenos Aires in 1957, was selected on the recommendation of Juan José Castro for the performance, in a South American premiere, of the oratorio El Pesebre by Pablo Casals, which under the direction of its composer took place at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, together with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. In 1980 the CER won the 1st Prize at the Concurso Nacional de Coros organized by the Subsecretaría de Cultura de la Nación y and in 1981 it won six prizes in the Arezzo International Choir Competition (Italy), thus becoming the most awarded choir.
Throughout his career the CER has presented numerous symphonic-choral works, such as Mass in B minor BWV 232, Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, Johannes-Passion BWV 245, Magnificat in D major BWV 243, Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248, and numerous Cantatas by J.S. Bach; the oratorios Messiah, Alexander's Feast, Ode to Saint Cecilia and other minor works by George Frideric Handel; and numerous works by Antonio Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Schubert, L.v. Beethoven, Zoltán Kodály, Igor Stravinsky, among others. The CER has made presentations abroad (Germany, Italy, Spain, Chile and Uruguay), and in the main cultural centers of Argentina, being repeatedly praised by specialized critics. |
