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Latin American Saxophone

June 16, 2018, 7:00 pm

"Sax HDR"by Ole Schulz is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Though it is not the most prominent instrument in classical music, the saxophone is versatile and powerful. And many Latin American composers have shown their love for this instrument, including Heitor Villa-Lobos and Roberto Sierra.

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Portales de madrugada, by Arturo Márquez
Cuarteto de Saxofones de México

Fantasia for Soprano Sax, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Mario Marzi, soprano sax; Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano; Hansjorg Schellenberger, conductor

Three Dances, by Aldemaro Romero
Quartetto di Sassofoni Accademia

Caribbean Rhapsody, by Roberto Sierra
James Carter, saxophone; Regina Carter, violin; The Akua Dixon String Quartet

Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra: Ritmico
James Carter, saxophone; Sinfonia Varsovia; Giancarlo Guerrero, 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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