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September 11th Remembered by Latino Composers

September 11, 2021, 7:00 pm

It has been said that the 20^th century did not start until 1914 with World War I. The 21^st century started on September 11^th of 2001. Fiesta will feature Latin American works that reflect on this day that changed our perception of the world in which we live.

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New York Gotán
Réquiem a la Ciudad de New York, by Raúl Jaurena
Orquesta Filarmónica de Montevideo, Raúl Jaurena (bandoneon), Federico García Vigil (conductor)

Octeto for Winds, by Roberto Sierra
Eastman Wind Ensemble

Flag From Ashes, by Elbio Barilari
Peter Whorf (narrator), Amy Conn (soprano), Kalyan Pathak (tabla), Dan Godston (trumpet), Andy Cohn (piano), Andrew Royal (violin), Eric Leonardson (springboard), Elbio Barilari (bandoneon, electric guitar, voice, conductor)

Pero están, by Graciela Paraskevaídis
Ensemble SurPlus

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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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