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Mexican Composer Gabriela Ortiz

September 7, 2025, 8:00 pm

Gabriella Ortiz (Photo: Martierene Alcántara)

Gabriela Oritz is one of the most important and intriguing living composers. We’ll presents a selection of Gabriela’s, music, including her monumental violin concert “Altar de Cuertas” (String Altar) recorded by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Kauyumari
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

5 pa’ 2
Lara Deutsch, flute; Adam Cicchillitti, guitar

Altar de cuerda
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, 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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Mexican Composer Gabriela Ortiz

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