2022-23 Season:
Conductor
Conductor, Florida Grand Opera (Il Matrimonio Segreto – D. Cimarosa)
Conductor, New Works Collaborative Opera Theater of St. Louis
Guest Conductor, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Music Director, St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant & Cover Conductor, Opera Theater of St. Louis
Conductor-in-Residence, Washington University
Music Director, Gateway Festival Orchestra
Guest Conductor, Chamber Music Society & St. Louis Ballet
Composer
Guest Composer, Orquesta Sinfonia de Heredia in Costa Rica
Commissioned Composer, Chamber Project St. Louis
Commissioned Opera Translator, Florida Grand Opera
Guest Composer, Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico
Guest Composer, San Francisco Civic Symphony
2022-23 Season:
Conductor
Conductor, Florida Grand Opera (Il Matrimonio Segreto – D. Cimarosa)
Conductor, New Works Collaborative Opera Theater of St. Louis
Guest Conductor, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Music Director, St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant & Cover Conductor, Opera Theater of St. Louis
Conductor-in-Residence, Washington University
Music Director, Gateway Festival Orchestra
Guest Conductor, Chamber Music Society & St. Louis Ballet
Composer
Guest Composer, Orquesta Sinfonia de Heredia in Costa Rica
Commissioned Composer, Chamber Project St. Louis
Commissioned Opera Translator, Florida Grand Opera
Guest Composer, Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico
Guest Composer, San Francisco Civic Symphony
Media
Darwin makes conducting debut with the Florida Grand Opera
Darwin has been invited to conduct the first opera of the FGO’s 2022/23 season: “El Matrimonio Secreto” by Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa, in a new Spanish translation by Darwin Aquino and Benedetta Orsi. But, everything happens with a new and very special Latino...
Article about opera premiere and Darwin’s musical life (In Spanish)
El estreno, en la Gran Opera de Miami, de «El Matrimonio Secreto» de Domenico Cimarosa, uno de los más prolíficos compositores del siglo dieciocho, que llegó a componer ochenta óperas y fue maestro del género «comedia bufa» o comedia cómica, muy popular durante aquella época por su acercamiento a temas populares, sus ágiles dúos y tríos, recitativos hablados y por su risueña trama, marca historia al ser una versión totalmente cantada en español.
Recent concert with Helen Kim, Associate Concertmaster Seattle Symphony Orchestra
The WashU Symphony Orchestra students will perform under the direction of Darwin Aquino, Conductor-in-Residence.
New interview about Aquino’s compositions (in Spanish)
Inventando la Música is a space led by the composer Carlos Zamora, dedicated to talk with Ibero-American composers.
Latin premiere of Concerto for Violin, Strings and Percussion
“ENTRE CUERDAS” (Between Strings), Thursday November 10 – 8 pm (CT) | Facebook & YouTube recording premiere of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia. Location: Museo de Arte Costarricense – MAC in partnership with Radio Universidad de Costa Rica, Quince-UCR
SLSO Stories: SLSO + WashU musicians together with Darwin
The weather couldn’t have been better for the continuation of an annual tradition: an outdoor welcome back concert at Washington University featuring St. Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians.