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."

4/25

Astor Piazzolla’s Universal Appeal: Astor Piazzolla accomplished his dream to bring the tango from the dance floor to concert hall. In this program, we will listen to Piazzolla’s music performed by international musicians.

 

5/2

Transatlantic Music: Latin American and European music have expanded into the Western Hemisphere. On this program, we’ll listen to music by Latin American composers who had successful careers in Europe, and music by European composers who migrated to Latin America.