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Flamenco Soundscapes

May 18, 2019, 7:00 pm

"Concurso de flamenco final"by Instituto Cervantes de Tokio is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Flamenco music from Southern Spain has been very influential not just in the music of nationalistic Spanish composers but also inspiring composers from other countries. Fiesta features three Spanish composers influenced by these Flamenco Soundscapes.

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Malagueña, by Isaac Albeniz
Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Concierto Andaluz for 4 Guitars and Orchestra, by Joaquín Rodrigo
Celedonio Romero, Celin Romero, Pepe Romero, Angel Romero, guitars; St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra; Neville Mariner, conductor

Sinfonía Sevillana, by Joaquín Turina
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesús López-Cobos, 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

Flamenco Soundscapes

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