<sod>''Chôros No. 8'' was composed in Rio de Janeiro in 1925, and the score is dedicated to the pianist Tomás Terán. It was premiered in Paris on 24 October 1927, at the Salle Gaveau. with the composer conducting the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne with Aline van Barentzen and Tomás Terán, pianos. The first American performance took place on 12 April 1929 in Philadelphia, again with Barentzen and Terán playing the pianos, and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by [[Leopold Stokowski]] {{harv|''Villa-Lobos, sua obra''|2009|loc=24}}. Despite these documented performances, the year of composition has been called into question by one scholar, who asserts that the work was conceived in Paris in 1925, but completed only after the composer's return to Rio de Janeiro in 1930 {{harv|Mellers|2001|loc=88}}.<eod>
<sod>''Chôros No. 8'' was composed in Rio de Janeiro in 1925, and the score is dedicated to the pianist Tomás Terán. It was premiered in Paris on 24 October 1927, at the Salle Gaveau. with the composer conducting the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne with Aline van Barentzen and Tomás Terán, pianos. The first American performance took place on 12 April 1929 in Philadelphia, again with Barentzen and Terán playing the pianos, and the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] conducted by [[Leopold Stokowski]] {{harv|''Villa-Lobos, sua obra''|2009|loc=24}}. Despite these documented performances, the year of composition has been called into question by one scholar, who asserts that the work was conceived in Paris in 1925, but completed only after the composer's return to Rio de Janeiro in 1930 {{harv|Mellers|2001|loc=88}}.<eod>