The Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife was awarded three prizes at the 7th Coros Verão in Lisbon. They got the first prize in the under-25 category and came second in the Jazz, Gospel and Pop section. In addition, the jury awarded a special prize to Cristian Bartolomé for best soloist for his performance of “Someone like you”.

The young singers, their conductor Roxana Schmunk, and their repertoire master Agustín Francisco Curbelo, are coming back to the island today, Tuesday, 26 after spending the weekend in Lisbon in their second year as choir. The singers took part in a workshop by choir conductor Pedro Texeira and offered some concerts at different venues and streets in the city, apart from the competition. One of the most special events took place at Mosterio dos Jerónimos.

These prizes are an addition to Auditorio de Tenerife Young Choir winning record, as they had already received two awards at the same festival last year (in the under-25 section and a jury special prize for their expressive singing); plus the first prize at the Concurso de Canto Coral de Canarias, held in Gran Canaria in November 2017.

With no time to take in their stay in Lisbon, the group is performing tomorrow, [Wednesday, 27] at Real Casino de Santa Cruz de Tenerife at 7:30 pm. It is a free concert offered by this club as part of their cultural programme to support new young Canarian talents. The choir will be performing songs like “What a wonderful world”, “Hallelujah”, “Imagine”, and Juan Luis Guerra’s “Cuando te beso”.

In addition, the end of the year concert of the Escuela Coral de Tenerife [Tenerife Choir School] is taking place on Saturday, 30 at 8:30 pm at Sala de Cámara in Auditorio de Tenerife. The Young Choir is also taking part along with pilot choirs in their first year of training. The Coro de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is the guest choir.