Antonio Abreu Lechado
He is director and founder of the Tenerife Vocal Ensemble, developing a careful choral work highlighted by national and international specialized critics.. He studied at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Director y compositor coral, is part of the Manila Kammerchor's programming. He was director of the Choir of the Private Conservatory of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Conduct specialized choral music and conducting workshops with Lazlo Helthey, Werner Pfaff, Heribert Breuer, Oscar Climbing, Joan Ferrer, William Will, Sergio Cardenas, inter alia.
He is required as a jury in choral competitions at the national and international level., and to impart masterclasses, workshops, conferences, and conducting and choral music courses. He is Choir Master in the symphonic-choral programs of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra seasons.. He is a founding member of the Spanish Association of Choir Directors.
His technical and expressive interpretations, with the appropriate stylistic unit, they carry their identity seal, and are considered by critics as «ensemble sound». Teacher Víctor Pablo Pérez emphasizes "some admirable work, with rigor and quality with a magnificent preparation as a musician and perfect director». Musical pages and directors like the American John Ratledge, the Filipino Noel Azcona, or the Canary Islanders Emilio Coello and Juan José Falcón Sanabria stand out "the beauty and warmth of his works with choral elegance and ductility". Critics write that «Master Abreu Lechado awakens in each choralist the emotional strength achieved by his dedication and understanding of the works. Each choralist in his hand is a performer dedicated to his role who lives his phrases with intensity and expressiveness., being participants in text and music, manifesting itself in the sonorous plenitude of his works".