Juan Ramón
Vinagre Delgado
Choir Master
He was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where he completed his musical studies as a guitar teacher and choir conductor. Since 1989 he has been a choir teacher at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He has given training courses for teachers, and has been a member of juries in composition and performance competitions.
He was director until 1992 of the "Villa de la Orotava" Polyphonic Choir. He was also conductor of the Orfeón "La Paz" of La Laguna, and his musical work at the head of this group is widely known, with national and international concert tours and prizes in choral competitions. As well as being a regular collaborator with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, he has also been choir conductor in the Tenerife Opera seasons, in the following performances: The Barber of Seville, Tosca, Italiana in Algiers, Cosí Fan Tutte, Rigoletto, La Fille du Regiment, Werther, Turandot, Carmen, La Bohème, The Little Chimney Sweep and Hänsel and Gretel. He is also currently director of the Tenerife Film Choir, the official choir of the Tenerife International Film Music Festival (FIMUCITÉ).
In April 2012, with the Coro de Voces Blancas del Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he won 1st prize in the youth category of the XLII Certamen Coral de Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza). In 2014 it had an outstanding participation in the 60th Certamen de Internacional de Polifonía y Habaneras de Torrevieja. In 2016 he performed the choral part of the BSO of Enrique Gato's film, 'Atrapa la Bandera', produced by Telecinco, and in 2017, also composed by Diego Navarro, the BSO of "Pasaje al amanecer" by the director Andreu Castro. Having obtained in April 2019 the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the XLVIII edition of the Certamen Coral de Ejea de los Caballeros, it participated in July 2022, in the XXII edition of the Gran Premio Nacional de Canto Coral that took place in San Vicente de la Barquera.
It has participated two more times in the Gran Premio Nacional, in 2023 in Burgos and in 2024 also in Ejea de los Caballeros, always obtaining the second place. It will participate again in July 2025 in San Vicente de la Barquera.
