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Latin American Concerto

December 29, 2024, 10:00 pm

Playing Cello in Concert

This imaginary concert starts with Catalonian composer Josep Fabrega from the 18th century, continues with a Mexican Romantic composer Ricardo Castro from the 19th century and ends with a 20th century symphonic poem from the Argentinian Carlos López Buchardo

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Sinfonia in C major, by Josep Fabrega
Concerto Brandenburg; Gregor DuBuclet, conductor

Escenas Argentinas, by Carlos López Buchardo
Orquesta Sinfonica de Entre Ríos; Gabriel Castagna, conductor

Concierto para Violoncello y Orquesta, by Ricardo Castro
Vladimir Sagaydo, cello; Orquesta Sinfónica de San Luis Potosi; José Miramontes Zapata, conductor

Bésame Mucho, by Consuelo Velázquez
Miloš Karadaglić, 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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