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Gorgeous Sounds of Modern Latino Music

May 23, 2020, 7:00 pm

José Serebrier (Photo: Clive Barda/ArenaPAL)

Classical music in the 20^th and 21^st century has had a strong presence throughout Latin America. Host Elbio Barilari, shares some of the most interesting and beautiful music to come out of Latin America in the past 50 years. Enjoy these fun, melodic, and gorgeous works by José Serebrier, Paquito d’Rivera, Arturo Márquez, and Roberto Sierra.

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Tango in Blue, by José Serebrier
Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona; José Serebrier, conductor

Three Latin American Pieces, by Paquito D’Rivera
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Rick Fergusson, piano

Danzón No. 7, by Arturo Márquez
Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra; Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor

Symphony No. 3 “La Salsa”, by Roberto Sierra
Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra; Maximiano Valdés, 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.

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