Fiesta is devoted to Latino concert music and presents artistically significant compositions from Latin America, Spain and Portugal to listeners. The creative force behind this series is Elbio Barilari, an acclaimed composer, musician, performer and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Uruguayan-born Barilari says, "Fiesta features the hottest Latin-American music from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries."
Four Latin American Composers: Host Elbio Barilari shares music of four composers: Argentine, Constantino Gaito; Chilean, Luis Saglie; Mexican, Jose Elizondo; and, Cuban, Joaquin Nin. These four composers' works showcase beautiful and energetic music.
Guitar Music from Argentina: For today's program Fiesta presents original compositions for guitar by Argentine musicians including works by Julian Aguirre, Angel Lasala, Maximo Diego Pujol, Astor Piazzolla and others.
Easter Celebrations: The celebration of Easter has a strong musical tradition in both Latin American and the Iberian Peninsula. On today's program Fiesta highlights colonial music from South America as well as Spain.