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Argentine Composer: Alberto Williams

December 9, 2023, 7:00 pm

Alberto Williams

Born in Buenos Aires in 1862, Alberto Williams was one of the first Argentine composers that reached international fame. “Fiesta” visits his symphonic and piano works.

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Primera Sonata Argentina, Op. 74, by Alberto Williams
Valentin Surif, piano

Primera Obertura de Concierto, by Alberto Williams
Würtembergische Philarmonie Reutlingen; Gabriel Castagna. Conductor

Canciones Incaicas, by Alberto Williams
Maria Teresa Uribe, soprano; Balázs Szokolay, piano

Huella Op. 46, No. 1, by Alberto Williams
Rosa Antonelli, 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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Argentine Composer: Alberto Williams

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