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The Dominican University Chamber Music Series begins its 2004-2005 season with an all-Latin program of classical guitar music by award-winning soloist Ernesto Bitetti on Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. The concert will take place in the Lund Auditorium, 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, Illinois. For tickets and information, call (708) 524-6942.

The concert, presented in conjunction with the Instituto Cervantes de Chicago, will feature music from Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Tunisia. Among the works on the evening’s program: a prelude by Heitor Villa-Lobos, miniatures by Isaac Albéniz, and tangos by Astor Piazzolla. Also scheduled is a sonata by José Buenganu, a piece written for and dedicated to Bitetti. Bitetti will also perform works by F. Moreno Torroba and Roland Dyens.

Ernesto Bitetti was born in Rosario, Argentina and has lived in Madrid since 1968. As an accompanist, he is much in demand and has recorded with José Cura and Placido Domingo. He has performed as soloist with many acclaimed chamber and symphony orchestras including Solisti Italiani, Camerata Bern and the London Symphony Orchestra. His 1983 television special, Bitetti from the Aranjuez Palace, won the International Television Prize in Prague. His recordings have twice received the Records National Prize in Spain (in 1979 and 1985). In 1989, Bitetti created and became chair of the guitar program at Indiana University’s prestigious School of Music. 

For more information, contact the Dominican University Performing Arts Series box office at (708) 524-6942. Reserved-seating tickets range from $20 to $30. Discounted subscriptions to the entire Chamber Music Series (which includes Ernesto Bitetti, as well as Empire Brass, Tokyo String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio) are available for as little as $76.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems, the School of Education and the Graduate School of Social Work. In the 2005 issue
of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University
in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the seventh consecutive year.