Season 2023-24
Conductor
- Conductor, New Works Collective Opera Theater of St. Louis
- Guest Conductor, Interlochen Center for the Arts
- Music Director, St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
- Guest Conductor, St. Louis Ballet (Giselle)
- Conductor-in-Residence, Washington University
- Music Director, Gateway Festival Orchestra
- Guest Conductor, Chamber Music Society
Composer
- Guest Composer, San Francisco Civic Symphony (“Lunga Pandemia” for orchestra)
- Commissioned Composer, Opera Theater of St. Louis / Opera on the Go (“Treemonisha” S. Joplin / Abridged)
- Guest Composer, Latin American Music Festival / Venezuela (“Aee Mamá Si Ee” for solo percussion)
- Commissioned Composer, University of Michigan / Percussion studio (“Aee Mamá Si Ee” for solo percussion)

About Darwin
Known for his charismatic energy and musical versatility as a conductor and composer, Darwin Aquino’s career has taken him to orchestra halls and opera theaters across Europe, United States and Latin America. His constant presence as a Dominican artist in multiples stages is seen as a bright light for diversity and inclusion in classical music…
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Catch Darwin on Classic 107.3 FM
Kathy Lawton Brown of Classic 107.3 interviewed Music Director Darwin Aquino and Guest Conductor Leon Burke III. Part 2 of the interview has Maestro Aquino describing the program to be performed Sunday, July 16 at 7:30pm at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity in University City. All concerts are free to attend!
Two new concerts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts
Sunday, July 2, 2023 3:00pm, Corson Auditorium and Sunday, July 9, 2023 3:00pm, Corson Auditorium
Video Lecture: Dominican Folklore in Darwin’s compositions (En Español)
Introduction to Music of the 20th and 21st centuries course. Module: “Dominican folklore in today’s music”, taught by Darwin Aquino. (in Spanish)
Article with the St. Louis Magazine about Gateway Festival Orchestra
Get to know the two conductors behind this year’s Gateway Festival Orchestra summer concert series. The Gateway Festival Orchestra, a ‘cultural treasure’ that has become a staple to St. Louis summers…
Premiere of Darwin’s work for Solo Percussion
David Fernandez, Percussions | Recorded at the Centro Social por la Musica, Caracas, Venezuela | April 2023
Interview: STLPHIL premieres Jocelyn Hagen’s music
Darwin Aquino, the Music Director of the The Saint Louis Philharmonic and Leanne Magnusen Latuda, Artistic & Executive Director of the Saint Louis Women’s Chorale, spoke with Kathy Lawton Brown about their joint concert on April 28 that features music of Benjamin Britten, Maurice Ravel, and two St. Louis premieres: “Seis Sones Sencillos” by Carlos Fariñas and Antonio María Romeu and “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” by Jocelyn Hagen…