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20th Century Masters

January 4, 2020, 7:00 pm

Sol Gabetta (Photo: Julia Wesely)

Latin America has long history of “concert” music that started in the 16th century. However, it is possible to say that the 20th has been THE century of Latin American music. Many of the most intense and valuable musical works of the past century have been written by composers such as Manuel Ponce, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chávez, Silvestre Revueltas, Astor Piazzolla and Leo Brouwer, among others.

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Sonata Clásica, by Manuel Ponce
Jason Vieux, guitar

Allegro Vivace, from Quintet for Guitar and Strings, by Leo Brouwer
Fareed Haque, guitar; KAIA String Quartet

Rudepoema, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Nelson Freire, piano

Pampeana No.2, by Alberto Ginastera
Sol Gabetta, cello; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor

Micropiezas for two guitars, No. 4, by Leo Brouwer
Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Larry Del Casale, guitars

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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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