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Great Latino Virtuosi

July 2, 2022, 7:00 pm

Ana María Martínez (Photo: Bill Cooper)

Host Elbio Barilari shares great Latin American music in the hands, lips, and throats of some of the most gifted Latino interpreters. Included in this program are such artists as Alberto Portugheis, Eduardo Fernández, and Ana María Martínez. Be prepared to be wowed by this exciting set of composers and performers.

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La Cumparsita, by Matos Rodríguez

Les Adieux, Op.21, by Fernando Sor
Eduardo Fernández, guitar

Suite de Danzas Criollas Op.15, by Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Portugheis, piano

Clarinet Sonata, by Carlos Guastavino
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Pablo Zinger, piano

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Ana María Martínez, soprano; Steven Mercurio, conductor; Cellos from the Prague Philharmonia

Canción del carretero, by Carlos López Buchardo
José Cura, tenor; Eduardo Delgado, piano

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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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