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Cuban Composer Julián Orbón

May 27, 2023, 7:00 pm

Jason Vieaux (Photo: Tyler Boye)

Born in Spain, Julián Orbón lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States of America. Aaron Copland referred to Orbón as “Cuba’s most gifted composer of his generation.” We will share some of his most beloved music including his Preludio and Danza for guitar.

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Danzas sinfónicas, by Julián Orbón
Asturias Symphony Orchestra; Maximiano Valdés, conductor

Prelude y danza, by Julián Orbón
Jason Vieaux, guitar

Concerto grosso, by Julián Orbón
Alexandre Vassiliev, violin; Hector Corpus Aguilar, violin; Oleg Lev, viola; Vladimir Atapin, cello; Asturias Symphony Orchestra; Maximiano Valdés, conductor

Tres cantigas del rey: Cantigua No. 65, by Julián Orbón
Solistas de Mexico; Julianne Baird, soprano; Rafael Puyana, harpsichord; Eduardo Mata, conductor

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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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Cuban Composer Julián Orbón

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