Mario Castro Bergara

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Mario Castro Bergara (born April 22, 1931 in Paysandú ; † July 3, 2011 ) was a Uruguayan musician and poet.

Mario Castro Bergara learned to play guitar from Alberto Carbone at the age of eight and joined the group “Fulgores” at a young age. As early as the 1960s, he appeared on Uruguayan television on Canal 3 and Canal 4 . He also performed his music in many song recitals on the radio and in event halls. Other television appearances were also added. His music was initially assigned to classical music, but later the award-winning Castro Bergara also devoted himself to folk and local music. His masterpiece is the “Cantata a Paysandú” entitled “Heroica”, which he first performed in 1996 at the Teatro Florencio Sánchez . Other artists also used his music. His composition "Canción para el arroyo abandonado", for example, was adapted by his daughter Graciela Castro Bagnasco , Los Hermanos Salles and Los Montaraces , among others . He was a jury member at festivals in Paysandú, Treinta y Tres , Cerro Largo and Chajarí in Entre Ríos . Castro Bergara was married to Eva Bagnasco Rottini, had three children and had eight grandchildren at the time of his death.

Awards (selection)

  • Second prize at the “Festival del Canto y la Música Nativa” in the category “Unpublished Song”, 1975
  • First regional prize and second national prize at the “2. Festival Nacional Canciones para mi Patria ”, 1976
  • First prize at the “Festival Folklórico Nacional de Treinta y Tres” in the category “Unpublished Song”, 1979
  • Second national prize in a competition organized by the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture, 1981
  • First prize at the “6. Festival Folklórico Oriental de Minas de Corrales ”in Rivera in the category“ Unpublished Song ”, 1982
  • First prize at the “10. Festival Nacional de Folklore 'Todo el Uruguay canta en Durazno' ”in the category“ Unpublished Song ”, 1982
  • Mention of honor at the competition of the Intendencia Municipal of Paysandú , 1993
  • Honorable mention at the poetry competition of the Asociación Uruguaya de Escritores (AUDE), 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mario Castro Bergara músico y poeta sanducero falleció hoy domingo. In: oaysandu.com. July 3, 2011, accessed March 5, 2014 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Mario Castro Bergara músico y poeta sanducero falleció hoy domingo. In: paysandu.com. July 3, 2011, accessed March 5, 2014 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Castro Bergara, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan musician and poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Paysandú , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 2011