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Women Composers from Mexico

February 24, 2024, 7:00 pm

Gabriella Ortiz (Photo: Martierene Alcántara)

Mexico has given the world many great composers. This program of Fiesta celebrates the many women composers who have made their music mark on the world. We’ll hear music by María Grever, Rosa Guraieb, Diana Syrse Valdés, and Gabriela Ortíz.

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Te quiero dijiste, by Maria Grever
José Carreras, tenor; English Chamber Orchestra; Enrique García Asensio, conductor

Violin Sonata, by Rosa Guraieb
Mitzuko Tempaku, violin; Duane Cochran, piano

Shanka, by Diana Syrse Valdés
Trio Coghlan

5 pa’2, by Gabriela Ortíz
Alejandro Escuer, flute; Pablo Garibay, guitar

Desasosiego, by Marcela Rodríguez
Evangelina Reyes, flute; Julio Ernesto Escotto, piano

Trance, by Maria Granillo
Ónix Ensamble

Intangible Self, by Georgina Derbez
Ensamble CEPROMUSIC; José Luis Castillo, 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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