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Edino Kriger, Composer

October 8, 2016, 7:00 pm

Brazilian National Archives [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Outside his native Brazil, Edino Krieger is mostly known for his substantial work for the piano. But he was also a very imaginative orchestrator.

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Sonatina, by Edino Krieger
Trío Aquarius

Suite for Strings
Chamber Orchestra of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Brazil, Eleazar de Carvalho (conductor)

Balada Do Desesperado
Céline Imbert (soprano), Gilberto Tinetti (piano)

Ludus Symphonicus
Chamber Orchestra of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Brazil, Eleazar de Carvalho (conductor)

Abertura Brasileira (excerpt)
Orquestra Sinfônica da Universidade de Londrina, Norton Morozowicz (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.

From the Metropolitan Opera

From the Metropolitan Opera

Edino Kriger, Composer

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