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Brenno Blauth: Brazilian Composer

September 9, 2023, 7:00 pm

Brazilian composer Brenno Blauth (1931-1993) deserves greater exposure and recognition in accordance with his brilliance. This student of Camargo Guarnieri was a great music educator in his own right and composed very personal and colorful orchestral and chamber works. Fiesta’s host Elbio Barilari presents some of the most remarkable pieces by this rarely heard Brazilian master.

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Sonata for Viola and Piano, by Brenno Blauth
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano

Sonata T.5, by Brenno Blauth
Marcelo Barboza, flute; Lídia Bazarian, piano

Concertino for oboe and strings, by Brenno Blauth
Andres Spiller,oboe; Camerata Bariloche

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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.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Brenno Blauth: Brazilian Composer

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