Bratislava Music Agency
Záhumenská 3/A
841 06 Bratislava 4
Slovakia
The Choir of the University of Valladolid was founded in 1950. It has conducted choral exchanges and participated in festivals in Poland (1990- 1995),), the Czech Republic (1995-2002) and others. In 2002 he was selected to participate at the opening in New York of the exhibition ‚ Time to Hope‘, the foundation of the ages of man. Since 2003 works regularly with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (OSCyL) with works such as Händel‘s Messiah, St. Nicolas Cantata, Britten, Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky . In the year 2011, intervened along with the OSCyL at the premiere in Castilla y León of the work of David Fanshawe, African Sanctus.
Marcos Castán has a degree with honors in Choral Conducting. He had been envolved as pupil, singer, conductor and teacher in various courses, events and ensembles (European Academy for Young Choral Conductors, IACC [Aragonese Association for Choral Singing], Young Choir COACE [Spanish Choral Confederation], etc.). As a composer, he had won different prizes (“Ciudad de La Laguna”, “Amadeus”, “Magerit”…) and he had received various commissions (Comunidad de Madrid, Fundación Canal, etc). He collaborates with RNE (Spanish National Radio) as writer and speaker. He writes program notes for concert halls as Auditorio Nacional or Teatro Real.
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Záhumenská 3/A
841 06 Bratislava 4
Slovakia