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Touch of Nature

September 28, 2019, 7:00 pm

Caracol Falls, Brazil

Fiesta again explores how Latin American composers have interpreted nature in music. Forests, jungles, mountains, and coastlines all have their unique sound.

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Campo, by Eduardo Fabini
Orquesta Filarmónica de Montevideo; Federico García Vigil, conductor

Suite al Sur del Mundo, by Guillermo Rifo
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil; Guillermo Rifo, conductor

Paisajes Mexicanos, by Carlos Chávez
The State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Bátiz, conductor

Tres Cartas de Mexico, by Miguel Bernal Jiménez
Cecilia Lopez, Juan Reves, Jesus Ruiz, Alfredo Sanchez

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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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