Juilliard Performances
Join us for free Festival of New York events this summer! See details below-and stay tuned for the mid-July announcement of our 2022-23 season.
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Juilliard Performances
Join us for free Festival of New York events this summer! See details below-and stay tuned for the mid-July announcement of our 2022-23 season.
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Family is everything in life.
Caribe 102 is dedicated to the long and laborious life of my grandfather Geronimo Aquino. He was a farmer for most of his life in a little town called “Bani” in my country, the Dominican …
Performance: Alla Voskoboynikova Direct link to the beginning of the work on youtube:...
Episode 2 of MOSY Motifs is LIVE! In this episode, Dr. Ashley Pribyl interviews current St. Louis resident, Dominican Darwin Aquino, Conductor & Composer. Join them as they discuss the history of classical music on the island of Hispaniola, the important impact of...
This video is an interview with Darwin Aquino Composer and Conductor. In this episode of the Way They Listen we explore Darwin's recently published work, Una Isla Dos Mundos (One Island Two Worlds). This piece is a deeply moving work celebrating the shared identities...
Composed in 2015, this work for flute and violin continues Aquino's investigations of the african origins of folk music in the Dominican Republic. Duet for flute and violin.Grade 6. Approximate duration: eight minutes.The set includes a score and two parts Available in:
When Darwin Aquino was a young boy growing up in the Dominican Republic, his father directed him to choose one instrument to learn to play. Aquino opted for the violin and, with that early decision, took his first steps along a musical journey that would eventually...
Dominican classics disc 6 / vol. II Historical collection of music by classical composers from the Dominican Republic.
Classical music is not as big of a tradition in the Dominican Republic as it is in some other locations, and opportunities for young musicians are limited there. “But when you have a passion about something, life sends you the way,” says Darwin Aquino, an FIU graduate...
Maestro Darwin Aquino (Dominican composer, director and violinist) brings PRIMICIAS to Stay At Music and tells us about his inspiration in the rhythms and folk songs of our island to compose.
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Folklore in the Modern Concert Hall: Religion, Tradition, and Cultural Mixture in Darwin Aquino’s Cantata para Amansar la Muerte (Cantata to Tame Death) The purpose of this analysis by Emmanuel Berrido is to explain how Darwin Aquino’s work, Cantata para Amansar la...