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Guitar Music From Brazil and Cuba

July 8, 2023, 7:00 pm

Manuel Barrueco (Photo: Stephen Spartana)

Brazil and Cuba are two of the powerhouses of Latin American music, in part due to the strong African roots of their music. Fiesta presents a selection of guitar music highlighting these African roots from both countries.

Playlist

Cantos Yoruba de Cuba, by Hector Angulo
Manuel Barrueco, guitar

Sonata for Guitar, by José Ardévol
Manuel Barrueco, guitar

5 World Dances, by Sergio Assad
Daniel Motta, guitar; Flavio Geraldini and Juan Rossi, violin; Renato Bandel, viola; Vana Bock, cello

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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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Guitar Music From Brazil and Cuba

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