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Violin Virtuosos

October 6, 2018, 7:00 pm

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Join host Elbio Barilari as he shares some of the greatest violin music come out of Latin America. Featured on this program are composers Jose White from Cuba, Gustavo Campa from Mexico, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges from the island of Guadeloupe.

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Melody for Violin and Orchestra, by Guastavo Campa
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Daniel Andai, violin; Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, by José White
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Daniel Hege, conductor

Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5 No. 2, by Chevalier de Saint‐Georges
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Daniel Hege, conductor

Lentamente, from Tres piezas, by Silvestre Revueltas
Alan Snow, violin; Joanne Chang, piano

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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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