composer
2021-22 Season:
Guest Composer Orquesta Sinfonia de Heredia in Costa Rica
Commissioned Composer University of Michigan Percussion Studio
Guest Composer Ashland Symphony Orchestra
Guest Lecturer and Composer University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guest Composer Latin American Music Festival in Venezuela
“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
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.
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
Performance: Alla Voskoboynikova Direct link to the beginning of the work on youtube: https://youtu.be/QVe1nDbtglo?t=3418 UMSL Piano Studio Presents: Music by Latin American Composers May 4th, 2021 | 7:30 pm The following text was taken from: Music of Latin America...
Darwin talks about Latinx music with the Missouri Symphony
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...
Virtual Presentation about Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (In Spanish)
Maestro Darwin Aquino takes us to know the compositions of the great genius in his last creative stage.