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Mexican Music for the Piano

September 2, 2023, 7:00 pm

Carlos Chávez Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

As the largest Spanish speaking country in the world, Mexico is also a powerhouse of classical music, with several first-rate composers and performers. Fiesta presents a selection of luxurious Mexican music for the piano. With works by José Pablo Moncayo, Blas Galindo, Carlos Chávez and Manuel Ponce.

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7 Piezas para Piano, by Blas Galindo
David Gonzalez-Espinosa, piano

3 Piezas para Piano, by José Pablo Moncayo
David Gonzalez-Espinosa, piano

Meditación, by Carlos Chávez
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Unidad, by Carlos Chávez
Hilde Somer, piano

Concierto para Piano y Orquesta, by Manuel Ponce
Hector Rojas, piano; Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México; Carlos Miguel Prieto, 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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