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String Quartets of Latin America

January 22, 2022, 7:00 pm

Cuarteto Latinoamericano (photo: Sergio Yazbek)

This program showcases music for string quartet in different combinations and forms. We will highlight some of Latin America’s most important and influential composers. Enjoy the vitality and beauty of these rarely heard Latin American quartet string music.

Playlist

Barcarola, by Francisco Mignone
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Seresta No. 2, by Francisco Mignone
Cuarteto Latinoamericano; La Catrina Quartet

Tango Sensations: Asleep, Loving, Anxiety, by Astor Piazzólla
Quatuor Ebène; Michel Portal, bandonéon

String Quartet in 4 movements, by Manuel Ponce
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Chau Paris, by Astor Piazzólla
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, trumpet; Monte Carlo Philharmonic String Quartet

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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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String Quartets of Latin America

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