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A Transatlantic Concert

June 28, 2026, 8:00 pm

Composer Silvestre Revueltas. (Photo: El Universal)

We invite you to enjoy another imaginary concert starting with a gorgeous Spanish overture by Evaristo Fernández Blanco, followed by a delightful Brazilian guitar concerto by Radamés Gnattali and a magnificent Mexican symphonic suite by Silvestre Revueltas

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Obertura sinfonica, by Evaristo Fernández Blanco
Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga; Jose Luis Temes, conductor

Concerto para Violão e Orquestra No. 4, by Radamés Gnatalli
Rafael Thomaz, guitar; Oficina de Cordas; Nova Câmara

La Noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas), by Silvestre Revueltas
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México; Enrique Bátiz, 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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