John Keen:
Argentine resident of Neuquén province. Orchestra conductor, choir director, pianist, music educator, Ontological Coach with Neurolinguistic Programming (certified by the Argentine Association of Coaching Professionals), and Brain Integration Technique (TIC) Therapist specializing in stage fright and public speaking. He has received and been shortlisted for more than fifteen scholarships awarded by various national and international institutions. During the years 2005 and 2006, he received a scholarship from Maestro Bruno Gelber after passing an exam with him and Maestro Conductor Ligia Amadio (Conductor of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and one of the three most prestigious conductors in the world). He continued his studies in Orchestral Conducting with Maestro Guillermo Scarabino in the province of Buenos Aires (these events were reported in the newspapers La Nación of Buenos Aires, Río Negro, and on television and radio). That same year, he served as Director of the chamber music department of the Instrumental Ensemble "Amadeus." Currently, after more than fifteen years of uninterrupted work in different churches in the Patagonian region, both in the training of musicians, as well as choirs and instrumental ensembles, he maintains his activity as Founding President, Musical Artistic Director, Director of the Choir and Orchestra of the non-profit civil association "Amadeus Arte Solidario y Comunitario". In the same, he directs all his professional activity towards cultural development, social integration and inclusion, as well as social values based on solidarity and community work. In addition to all this, he is developing the work of Ontological Coaching and Advanced Therapies as a therapist from the perspective of the "artist on stage" "Oratory fear" and "stage fright", and training in Community Coaching. This year he created the municipal ordinance project and provincial law of the "Solidarity Bank of musical instruments" in co-participation of the legislative state, companies and individuals, which was unanimously approved by the Honorable Council Deliberative of the city of Neuquén 1 under Resolution 021/2016, and by the Honorable Legislature of the Province of Neuquén. In November 2018, he was recognized by the Honorable Deliberative Council of the city of Neuquén as an Outstanding Resident of the city of Neuquén for his contribution to Culture, Art, and education. In December 2018, he was named an "Honorary Member" of the United Nations International Art Council and on another hand. In July 2019, he was recognized as an "Ambassador of Peace in Argentina" by the INSPAD Institute for Peace and Development (an organization affiliated with the United Nations and the European Union). He was subsequently nominated by the Norwegian Nobel Institute for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. In April 2020, he was recognized by the Gandi Peace Foundation Nepal for his social contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same month, after creating a video production With musicians for peace between Argentina and Italy, he founded the International Orchestra for Peace and Artists for Peace (INSPAD) project with the aim of integrating and including different volunteer musicians from different cultures and branches of art. In June 2020, he was appointed President of the "International Committee of Arts and Culture" of the INSPAD Institute for Peace and Development. In September 2020, he won the "Books for Peace International Awards" in Rome, Italy. In October, he was awarded the "Icon of World Peace" by the International Think Tank Institute. In October 2020, he received the title of Dr. hc in Musician and Humanitarian Service from Crown University Chartered Inc. In August 2021, the National Human Rights and Humanitarian Federation awarded him the title of "Honorary Doctorate" in Disaster Awareness & Prevention Educator (FDAPE). In February 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Ambassador of the World Parliament for Education and Culture.In 2021, he published two works for instrumental ensembles for school orchestras. In 2023, he wrote and published his first book, "Logbook: Creating Humanitarian School Orchestras." In March 2024, he published his second book, "Student Logbook: Technical Notes on Musical Study." In May, he was awarded the Books for Peace Award for his work in Artist Developing Peace for the second time.
Acuña C. Elizabeth.
Nacida en la ciudad de Neuquén. Pianista. Estudiante de cuarto año de la carrera Profesor de Música, en la Escuela Superior de Música de Neuquén (ESMN).
Es asistente de catedra de dirección coral, en Amadeus Asociación Civil sin fines de lucro, desde el año 2016.
Desde el año 2014 se desempeña como profesora de música en comunidades cristianas religiosas.
Ha participado en la redacción y corrección de libros didácticos pedagógicos, destinados a la enseñanza musical con objetivos humanitarios.
En el año 2023 su labor, aporte a la cultura y trabajo humanitario fue distinguido por la “International Action Art”.
Acuña C. Elizabeth.
Born in the city of Neuquén. Pianist. Fourth-year student of the Music Teacher degree, at the Neuquén Higher School of Music (ESMN). He has been a teaching assistant in choral conducting, at the non-profit Amadeus Civil Association, since 2016. Since 2014 she has worked as a music teacher in religious Christian communities. He has participated in the writing and correction of educational pedagogical books, intended for musical teaching with humanitarian objectives. In 2023, his work, contribution to culture and humanitarian work was distinguished by “International Action Art”.
Belén Cepeda Diantina
Argentinean, native and resident in General Roca, province of Río Negro. In musical field, she began her cello lesson´s with a particular professor in Buenos Aires in 2011, From 2023, she continued her musical training and deepening in cello in Neuquén city, not only taking classes but also, performing as a member of the orchestra ensemble at project "Artists Developing Peace" from Amadeus, under the teaching and direction of Master and Conductor John Keen. Thanks to this guidance, she performed with the orchestra presenting and bringing the music closer to several institutions in the city of Neuquén. She now facilitates cello classes in General Roca city.
Academically, she has been working as an Assistant Professor in subject Administrative Systems in Faculty of Economic Sciences at UBA since 2008, achieving a position rented since 2013. She has participated in a research project called “Current problems of organizations” in 2015 to and later participated in the “Econ Congress” at 2016, under direction and coordination of Dr. Diana Schulman.
Professionally, she is trained as a Bachelor of Administration, with a full MBA at the University of Buenos Aires, and a diploma in BI at the National Technological University. She has worked in diverse national and multinational companies, in financial and cost management control, consulting and outsourcing, production scheduling, sourcing and supplier development, warehousing management, and as an independent business consultant. She currently works in the development of commercial strategies at a national services company.
Rigoberto Burgos.
Nacido en la ciudad de Neuquén, violinista y presidente de la Asociación Civil Amadeus desde el 2008 a la actualidad se ha desempeñado como profesor de los proyectos de Orquesta Escuela desarrollados por la misma.
En el año 2028 recibió la distinción de “Joven Destacado de la ciudad de Neuquén” por su aporte a la cultura regional
En el año 2024 es galardonado con el premio “Book For Peace” Roma, Italia, por su labor humanitaria
Ha recibido distinciones de organizaciones como la “International Action Art”.
Rigoberto Burgos.
Born in the city of Neuquén, violinist and president of the Amadeus Civil Association from 2008 to the present, he has worked as a teacher of the School Orchestra projects developed by it.
In 2028 he received the distinction of “Outstanding Young Man from the city of Neuquén” for his contribution to regional culture
In 2024 he was awarded the “Book For Peace” Rome, Italy award for his humanitarian work
He has received distinctions from organizations such as “International Action Art”.
Goals:
The proposed delegation for Argentina of the Tota Pulchra Association will have as its objectives the dissemination, organization and voluntary and non-profit planning of artistic as well as cultural events. All activities will be previously approved by the Board of Directors of Tota Pulchra Roma. The cultural development proposal will consist of the dissemination of events through the media and social networks. Exhibitions, concerts and book fairs. Given that President Mr. John Keen has more than 23 years of humanitarian service and cultural development work, the networks and work methodologies are already proven, enabling events to fulfill organizational roles as well as protocols for each event.
Objetivos:
La delegación propuesta para Argentina de la Asociación Tota Pulchra tendrá como objetivos la difusión, organización y planificación voluntaria y sin fines de lucro de eventos artísticos como así también culturales. Toda actividad estará previamente aprobada por la Comisión Directiva de Tota Pulchra Roma.
La propuesta de desarrollo cultural consistirá en la difusión de eventos mediante medios de comunicación y redes sociales. Exposiciones, conciertos y ferias de libros. Dado que el presidente Mtro John Keen tiene mas de 23 años de servicio humanitario y trabajo de desarrollo cultural, las redes y metodologías de trabajo ya están comprobadas posibilitando que los eventos cumplan con los roles organizativos como así también los protocolos para cada evento.
