Axiom Brass

May 30, 2020, 7:00 pm

Axiom Brass

The Chicago-based Axiom Brass is one of the most exciting and talented brass groups in classical music. Along with the standard repertoire they are champions of Latin American music. We will feature some of our favorite recording from this group as well as some recordings made just for Fiesta.

Playlist

Bachianas Brasileiras N.4, by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Three Dances for Quintet, Wapango and Danzon, by Paquito d’Rivera

Axiom, by Liduino Pitombeira

Suite Brasileira, by Fernando Morais

Fantasia e Rondo, by Osvaldo Lacerda

Brazilian Landscapes, by Liduino Pitombeira
Axiom Brass

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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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Axiom Brass

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