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Music for the Harp

October 17, 2020, 7:00 pm

This program of music for the Harp includes the wonderful “Suite Concertante” by Manuel Moreno‐Buendía.

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Suite Concertante, by Manuel Moreno-Buendía
Philharmonia Orchestra; Marisa Robles, harp; Jorge Mester, conductor

Harp Concerto Op. 25, by Alberto Ginastera
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vera Badings, harp; Jesús López-Cobo, conductor

El viejo castillo moro, by Eduardo López-Chavarri
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

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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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