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Concerti from Argentina and Brazil

November 9, 2025, 8:00 pm

Pianist Max Barrios

Two of the largest countries in South America, Argentina and Brazil boast powerful musical traditions. We present an oboe concerto by Argentine living composer Eduardo Alonso-Crespo and a piano concerto by one of the greatest composers of Brazil: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri.

Playlist

Clarinet Concerto, Op. 15, by Eduardo Alonso-Crespo
Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet; Camerata de las Americas; Jose Luis Castillo

Piano Concerto No. 3, by Camargo Guarnieri
Max Barros, piano; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Conlin, conductor

Piano improviso No. 1, by Camargo Guarnieri
Max Barros, 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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Concerti from Argentina and Brazil

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