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Choros N.11 – A Masterpiece by Heitor Villa-Lobos

August 5, 2017, 7:00 pm

The gargantuan Choros No.11, by Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of the most ambitious works ever written for the combination of piano and orchestra. We will feature this epic work in it’s entirety.

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Choros No. 11 for Piano and Orchestra, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Marco Antonio de Almeida (piano), Orquestra Sinfonica Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, David Machado (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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Choros N.11 – A Masterpiece by Heitor Villa-Lobos

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