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Another Imaginary Concert

July 29, 2023, 7:00 pm

Ailyn Pérez (Photo: Chris Singer)

This time Fiesta’s imaginary concert features the beautiful and rarely heard classical, Symphony No.4 by Spanish composer Miguel Marqués. We will also share an overture by Camargo Guarnieri and an encore featuring soprano Ailyn Pérez with guitarist Xuefei Yang.

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Abertura Concertante, by Camargo Guarnieri
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra; John Neschling, conductor

Symphony No. 4 in E major, by Miguel Marqués
Orquesta Filarmónica de España; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

Estrellita, by Manuel Ponce
Ailyn Pérez, soprano; Xuefei Yang, guitar

Gavota el Estilo Antiguo, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Elise Neumann, guitar

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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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