Considered to be one
of the most complete singers of his generation in our country, Juanjo Cura
is a conductor, arranger, composer, vocal professor and teacher of philosophy
and singing. He has performed diverse operatic roles (Radames, Don José
among others) but, entirely devoted to popular music, he has presented the
popular repertoire of Argentina, America and the world in concerts produced
across the length and breath of his country. The creator of big spectacles,
he organizes festivals that bring together choirs, orchestras, actors, and
ballets and are attended by tens of thousands of spectators, and he takes
on the responsibility for scripting, arranging, and directing. He has independently
produced three CDs: "Hijos
de América" (Sons of America 2005), honoring such major
American composers as Piazzolla, Granda, Gardel, Paul Simon, Julio Jaramillo
and many others; "Misa
Criolla y 
canciones
argentinas de Navidad" (Creol Mass and argentine
Christmas songs, 2006), supported graphically by the artistic representation
of Raúl Soldi and Antonio Berni in a beautiful union of music and plastic
art; and "Pasional, alma
del tango" (Passionate, soul of tango,
2007), dedicated to the Argentine genre that has conquered the world. As a
composer, in September 2006 he presented "Un
lugar para Francisco" (A place for Francis, 2006) with text
by Patricia Bottale, for string orchestra, native instruments, soloists, choir
and ballet, a 
work that suggests a search
for a new American identity through the positive coexistence between different
indigenous ethnic groups and western culture. Many of his arrangements of
pop music are performed by choirs around the world and he has several publications
and prizes for them. From 2003 he has devoted himself exclusively to the interpretation
of popular music and composition and to vocal and musicological research.
Among the awards he has received in his outstanding career is the Reconocimiento
a la Trayectoria from the Municipality of Rosario (2003), the “Magazine”
award given by Carlos Bermejo and Associates (2004), Distinción
a la Trayectoria Sobresaliente from the Junior Chamber International (2005),
and "Reconocimiento a la trayectoria" from the Chamber of Deputies
of the Province of Sante Fe (2006).