Fiesta

SATURDAYS @ 10PM

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."

5/9

Music from Uruguay: Uruguay is a small country with strong cultural and musical traditions. An Uruguayan himself, Fiesta’s host, Elbio Barilari, will present Uruguayan orchestral music by Lamarque Pons, Fernando Condon, Sergio Cervetti and Jose Serebrier.

 

5/16

Symphonic Music of Carlos Chavez: Join us today for music from one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, Carlos Chavez. Host Elbio Barilari will present some of his best-known works as well as hidden treasures.