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Two Symphonies from Latin America

September 1, 2018, 7:00 pm

Host, Elbio Barilari, shares some of the treasures of Latin American symphonies from the 19^th and 20^th century. Including some of his favorite symphonies from Mexican composer Blas Galindo, and the Brazilian, Alberto Nepomuceno.

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Sinfonía Breve (Brief Symphony) for string orchestra, by Blas Galindo
Orquesta Sinfónica de la UNAM; Eduardo Mata, conductor

Sinfonía en Sol menor, by Alberto Nepomuceno
Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira; Edoardo de Guarnieri, conductor

Sobo (excerpt), by Frantz Casseus
Frantz Casseus, guitar

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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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