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The French Connection

June 13, 2020, 7:00 pm

Theresa Carreño

Take an intercontinental journey with Fiesta as Elbio Barilari explores the cultural and musical influence of French culture on Latin American Music. From Venezuelan composer Teresa Carreno to the heart of Brazilian art music with Heitor Villa-Lobos. Join us for a 100-year tour of this fascinating cultural intersection.

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Un rêve en mer, Op. 28, by Teresa Carreño
Monic Duphil, piano

Prelude, by Antonio Fragoso
Miguel Henriques, piano

Rapsodia Andina, by Joaquin Nin-Culmell
Kyle Horch, saxophone; Margaret Maguire, mezzo-soprano; Pamela Lidiard, piano

Quatour for harp, celeste, flute, oboe, sax and female voice, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Kyle Horch & Friends

Trame 4, for 11 instruments, by Martin Matalón
Jacqueline Leclaire, oboe; Sequitur Chamber Orchester; Paul Hostetter, conductor; Florence Cioccolani, piano; Les Siècles; François-Xavier Roth, 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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