composer
2022-23 Season:
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
“My music emerges from the heart of Caribbean rhythms and chants. We are a creative mixture of cultures – an explosion of sounds, colors, and imagination. It has always been my universe, my poetic vision of the world…”
Cayambis Music Press – Composer Page:
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Member & Treasurer – Latin American Collegium of Composers:
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Media
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
Joining Opera Theater’s SL 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. https://opera-stl.org/new-works-collective/new-works-collective-members/
Juilliard premiere of Darwin’s composition for Soprano and Viola
https://www.juilliard.edu/event/150576/luis-casal-viola
New work “Caribe 102” premiered by the Gateway Festival Orchestra
Caribe 102, for String Orchestra and Percussion, was commissioned by the Fort Zumwalt North High School Orchestra as part of a Diversity/Inclusion/Equity educational project highlighting Latin music and culture. It was premiered in May 2021.
World Premiere: Subito Papillo
After stepping onto the darkened stage of the Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, Alla Voskoboynikova posed what could have been a difficult question to Darwin Aquino: Why is the music of Latin America so enjoyable?…