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Classical Tango

August 31, 2019, 7:00 pm

Since the 1920s, classical composers have found inspiration in the urban music from Rio de la Plata. Join host Elbio Barilari as he visits the symphonic and chamber repertoire inspired on this fascinating genre.

Playlist

5 Tango Senses, by Raúl Jaurena
Raul Juarena, bandoneon; The Arrhythmia Quartet

Tangos Concertantes, by Lalo Schifrin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Aspen Sinfonia; James Feddeck, conductor

Fear, from Five Tango Sensations, by Astor Piazzolla
Fareed Haque, guitar; KAIA String Quartet

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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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