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Fiesta’s 5th Anniversary Concert

March 10, 2018, 7:00 pm

KAIA String Quartet (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Celebrating 5 years of Latin American classical radio, Fiesta hosted a special concert in Chicago on October 20^th 2017. Featuring Latin American works performed by KAIA String Quartet, guitarist Fareed Haque, and pianist Susan Merdinger. The concert was presented in collaboration with Columbia College Chicago this is a program you don’t want to miss.

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Three pieces: Prelude, Simbi, and Dance of the Hounsies, by Frantz Casseus
Fareed Haque (guitar)

The Saxon Variations, by Elbio Barilari
Susan Merdinger (piano)

Tango Sensations, by Astor Piazzola
Fareed Haque (guitar and arrangement), KAIA String Quartet

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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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Fiesta’s 5th Anniversary Concert

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