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The Sounds of Spring

March 28, 2020, 7:00 pm

Fiesta presents lively and fresh Latin American music to complement the season of Spring. Host Elbio Barilari will choose some of his favorite music to share with you!

Playlist

Canasta de frutas mexicanas, 1. La Huerta, 2. El Tejcote, 3. La Guayaba, by Jesús Echevarría
Lourdes Ambriz, soprano; Cuarteto Ruso-Americano

Suite Floral, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Sonia Rubinsky, piano

Canasta de frutas mexicanas, 4. .La Guanábana, 5. Los Chiles, by Jesús Echevarría
Lourdes Ambriz, soprano; Cuarteto Ruso-Americano

Tango Trio, by Miguel del Águila
TransAtlantic Ensemble

Suite Cubana, by Manuel Ponce
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Abertura Festiva, by Camargo Guarneri
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra; John Nesling, conductor

Nan Guinin, Traditonal
Lolita Cuevas, vocal; Frantz Casseus, guitar

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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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