The WashU Symphony Orchestra and conductor Darwin Aquino move from the operatic excitement of Verdi’s Nabucco Overture to Grieg’s dazzling Piano Concerto in A minor…
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Guest conductor and composer for the 2026 FIU Music Festival
Closing Concert of the 2026 Festival includes D. Aquino – YOAminicana (Florida Premiere)
“La Ciguapa” a new commissioned composition premieres in November
La Ciguapa is a legend, a mysterious woman from the Dominican Republic who cannot be captured or controlled, a vivid symbol of autonomy, freedom, and self-possession
Guest composer for the CMS Young Composers Competition in 2027
Each year the CMS Young Composers Competition features a new nationally known guest composer who is passionate about working with future generations of composers.
Darwin’s music premieres with the Interlochen Philharmonic Orchestra
An electrifying evening of orchestral color and global inspiration as the Interlochen Philharmonic takes the stage under the baton of Darwin Aquino.
A new piece inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Guernica
Imaginación Folklórica (2026) - for Guitar, Piano Accordion & Orchestra (My Folkloric Imagination) Darwin Aquino (DrwAq), composer & conductor Lydia Schmild, Piano Accordion Celso Cano, Guitar St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra Skip Viragh Center for the...
Conducting at the Center Stage Concert
As Head of Music of Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Darwin was part of the conducting team for the Center Stage Concert at the end of the 2026 Festival Season, on June 24th.
Member of the New Works Collective
Opera Theatre’s New Works Collective is a disruption of the traditional commissioning model: it gives decision-making power to the community through a collective of St. Louis residents.
Leading workshop of Tobias Picker’s new opera
Darwin was selected to conduct the second workshop of “Safe Haven”, a new opera by Tobias Picker and Aryeh Stollman. It is directed by our Opera Theater of Saint Louis’s artistic director Patricia Racette. It will premiere at OTSL during the 2027 Festival Season.
New Works Collective operas now free on-demand
Opera Theater of Saint Louis (OTSL) has launched a free on-demand streaming of all 2025 New Works Collective world premieres, presented in February 2025 and conducted by Darwin Aquino. Please register on OTSL's website to receive the link. The on-demand access will be...
Stephen Porter performs Darwin’s piano music
Acclaimed pianist Stephen Porter performs Subito Piano (2015) by Darwin Aquino in a recital organized by the Artist Presentation Society of St. Louis.
Christmas in Harmony | A Dominican Lyric Night
Featuring Dominican Artists: Soprano Natalie Peña-Comas and Conductor Darwin Aquino | December 7th, 2025 at 3:30 pm