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."
A Nineteenth Century Brazilian Opera: A rarely heard opera from the great Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes, Lo Schiavo, is a drama involving Brazilians and Portuguese. This is the love story of Americo, son of Count Rodrigo, and Ilara, who is being forced to marry another. We will hear highlights from this romantic opera.
Chamber Music by Enrique Granados: Fiesta presents chamber music by Spanish composer, Enrique Granados with his music for duos, trios and quintets.