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Miguel Del Águila: Uruguayan-American Composer

October 14, 2017, 7:00 pm

Miguel Del Águila (Photo: Donna Granata)

Host Elbio Barilari, speaks with his fellow countryman Miguel Del Águila about composing music in the 21^st century, his early life in Uruguay, and his music output. We will also feature some of his recently recorded pieces by the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Hat Trick Trio, and the TransAtlantic Ensemble.

Playlist

Conga-Line in Hell, by Miguel Del Águila
Camerata de las Americas, Joel Sachs (conductor)

Tango Trio
TransAtlantic Ensemble

Submerged
Hat Trick Trio

Silence
TransAtlantic Ensemble

Nocturne
TransAtlantic Ensemble

Concierto en Tango
Roman Mekinulov (cello), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

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Meet the Host

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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