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Paquito D’Rivera

February 5, 2022, 7:00 pm

Paquito D'Rivera (Photo: Geandy Pavon)

This Cuban‐American clarinet and saxophone player, winner of 12 Grammys, is also a very exciting composer of chamber and orchestra music. Join us for this program on Paquito D’Rivera’s compositions, including his gorgeous orchestral piece “The Elephant and the Clown” and his “Saxophone Quartet”.

Playlist

Invitacion al Danzon, by Paquito D’Rivera
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Alon Yavnai, piano

The Elephant and the Clown, by Paquito D’Rivera
WDR Funkhausorchester; Wayne Marshall, conductor

The Village Street Quartet, by Paquito D’Rivera
The Ying Quartet

Concierto “Gran Danzon”, by Paquito D’Rivera
Orquesta de Cordoba; Luis Julio Toro, flute; Manuel Henandez Silva, conductor

The New York Suite -III. Monk-Tuno, by Paquito D’Rivera
SAX4

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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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