Two to Tango

July 15, 2023, 7:00 pm

Saxophonist Sándor Rigó and pianist Christina Leeb-Grill

Latin American duets for a variety of instrumental combinations including flute and piano, violin and piano, and oboe and guitar. We’ll hear works by, Paquito D’Rivera, Samuel Zyman, Radames Gnattali, and Astor Piazzolla.

Playlist

Contradanza, Invitación al Danzón, and Vals Venezolano, by Paquito D’Rivera
Sándor Rigó, saxophone; Christina Leeb-Grill, piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano, by Radamés Gnattali
Floor Braam, violin; Luís Rabello, piano

Oblivion and Libertango, by Astor Piazzólla
Dawidek-Poyner Duo

Sonatina de piel Morena, by Alberto Villalpando
Carlos Prieto, cello; Edison Quintana, piano

Flute Sonata, by Samuel Zyman
Alejandro Escuer, flute; Mauricio Náder, 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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Two to Tango

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