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Choros N.10 & N.12 – Masterpieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos

August 12, 2017, 7:00 pm

Continuing our exploration of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s monumental Choros series. Here we have the Choros N. 10 and N. 12 two of his symphonic tributes to this Brazilian musical style.

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Choros No. 10, Rasga o Coracao, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Eduardo Mata (conductor)

Choros n.12, for orchestra
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Pierre Bartholomée (conductor)

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Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Choros N.10 & N.12 – Masterpieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos

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